Start:

01.09.2025

End:

31.08.2026

soofi

Souvereign Open Source Foundation Models

In the SOOFI project, a larger AI language model is being developed and made available as open source for use in business and society. Based on a large language model (LLM), a so-called reasoning model is also being created using specialized methods to improve the overall system’s quality and optimize resource consumption. In addition, initial use cases are to be implemented using AI agent technologies.

Funding program

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy – cloud and edge infrastructure and services within the framework of IPCEI-CIS

Project partners
  • KI Bundesverband
  • Fraunhofer-Institut für Intelligente Analyse- und Informationssysteme (IAIS)
  • Fraunhofer-Institut für Integrierte Schaltungen (IIS)
  • Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH (DFKI)
  • Berliner Hochschule für Technik, Research Center Data Science
  • Universität Würzburg, Center for Artificial Intelligenz and Data Science
  • Technische Universität Darmstadt, The Hessian Center for Artificial Intelligence (Hessian.AI)
  • Merantix Momentum GmbH
  • ellamind GmbH


Contact

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Nejdl

Project Manager