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September 2, 2025

Switzerland unveils national LLM in tech sovereignty push

It comes amid growing concerns around transparency of leading AI models

Switzerland has unveiled its first national large language model (LLM) for use in research, education and commercial applications, amid a wider tech sovereignty push across Europe. 

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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