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Italy's Domyn to Launch Open-Source AI Frontier Model
25 Jun
Summary
- Domyn plans to release a 400-billion-parameter open-source AI model.
- The model will be fully reproducible and runnable on own infrastructure.
- This aligns with Europe's goal to reduce reliance on foreign AI systems.
Italian AI firm Domyn announced plans to develop and release a fully open-source AI model within the next year. This ambitious project aims to establish one of the most advanced "frontier" AI systems available. The initiative is a significant step for Europe as it seeks to reduce its dependence on AI systems hosted abroad.
Domyn's upcoming model will boast over 400 billion parameters and be trained from scratch. CEO Uljan Sharka emphasized that the model will be entirely open-source and reproducible, enabling organizations to run it on their own infrastructure without charge. This effort is part of the European Commission's Frontier AI Grand Challenge, positioning Domyn alongside other European AI players.
The move addresses concerns about foreign AI dominance, particularly from Chinese firms leading the open-source landscape and U.S. companies often keeping models proprietary. Domyn's strategy leverages Europe's public supercomputing infrastructure, EuroHPC, which Sharka highlighted as a crucial, underutilized asset for training such advanced models.
Domyn is collaborating with institutional partners for data, with initial government data agreements expected within weeks. The company, backed by Abu Dhabi's G42 and other investors, aims to foster a more independent European AI ecosystem.
