Aleph Alpha launches Kolibri, a sovereign German AI model for government use

Aleph Alpha has launched Kolibri, a German-language AI model designed for government and regulated industry use, running exclusively on customer-controlled infrastructure to meet strict German data sovereignty requirements. The launch follows Aleph Alpha's merger with Cohere and represents a strategic focus on compliance-sensitive customers in Germany rather than competing on global scale or benchmark performance.

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