GERMAN CONSORTIUM LAUNCHES SOOFI S, BILINGUAL 30B MODEL

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MON, JUL 13, 2026

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A German research consortium has released Soofi S 30B-A3B, an open language model trained on Deutsche Telekom's Munich cloud infrastructure. The model outperforms fully open competitors on both German and English benchmarks.

Soofi S uses a hybrid architecture that activates only a fraction of its 31.6 billion parameters per token, enabling consistent throughput across extended contexts. The approach balances model capacity with computational efficiency. The training dataset was deliberately weighted toward German, reflecting the consortium's focus on native language performance. Despite this emphasis, the model maintains competitive results on English benchmarks alongside its German dominance. Being fully open, Soofi S is available for researchers and developers to download and deploy without licensing restrictions. The Munich-based training underscores a broader European effort to develop AI infrastructure independent of U.S.-based cloud providers, positioning the consortium to serve regional enterprise and research needs.

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