OpenEuroLLM is Europe’s answer to closed-source AI. With a massive strategic allocation of EuroHPC’s total capacity, including access to the upcoming JUPITER supercomputer, we are building the next generation of open European foundation models. In this talk, we unpack the reality of R&D for this continental operation. We will detail AI Sweden’s full-stack leadership: from defining scaling laws and custom tokenizers to curating data pipelines and driving the critical post-training phase. Supported by Vinnova, national and European partners, and integrated with other European projects such as TrustLLM and DeployAI, this project ensures digital sovereignty and green computing while retaining top-tier AI talent here in Sweden and across Europe.
Jonas Lind (PhD) is the Head of Research for the NLU team at AI Sweden. With over 25 years of experience in language technology, his career spans academia, AI for intelligence applications, speech technology, and forensic voice biometrics. Before leading NLU initiatives for OpenEuroLLM, Jonas worked extensively in national security for governmental agencies and as a founder of his own private company. He now oversees the post-training and refinement of large-scale European foundation models, ensuring they meet rigorous standards for performance, safety, and digital sovereignty.
