Commission selects EUROPA consortium as the winner of the Frontier AI Grande Challenge, a project to build European open-source frontier AI model in all 24 EU languages

The European Commission has awarded the Frontier AI Grand Challenge to the EUROPA consortium, tasked with developing an open-source AI model that supports all 24 official EU languages and exceeds 400 billion parameters. This initiative aims to enhance Europe's AI capabilities and ensure accessibility for businesses and institutions across its linguistic diversity. The project signifies a strategic move towards AI sovereignty in Europe, aligning with the region's values of openness and trust.