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Swiss AI Initiative
ETH Zurich and EPFL effort behind the open Apertus model.
| Type | Open models & research |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2023 |
| Headquarters | Zurich, Switzerland |
| Website | swiss-ai.org |
Swiss AI Initiative models
26models released, last 12 months
31public models in total
Latest releases
- swiss-ai/Apertus-v1.5-70B-base23 Sep 2026
- swiss-ai/Apertus-v1.5-8B-base23 Sep 2026
- swiss-ai/Apertus-v1.5-70B-RL22 Aug 2026
- swiss-ai/Apertus-v1.5-70B-SFT22 Aug 2026
- swiss-ai/Apertus-v1.5-8B-DPO22 Aug 2026
- swiss-ai/Apertus-v1.5-8B-RL22 Aug 2026
Most downloaded
- swiss-ai/Apertus-8B-Instruct-2509391,933 downloads (30 days)
- swiss-ai/Apertus-v1.5-8B74,728 downloads (30 days)
- swiss-ai/Apertus-70B-Instruct-250913,633 downloads (30 days)
- swiss-ai/Apertus-8B-250912,970 downloads (30 days)
- swiss-ai/Apertus-v1.5-70B8,431 downloads (30 days)
Source: Hugging Face Hub, organisation swiss-ai, read 2 Nov 2026.
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