# German AI consortium releases open 30B model Soofi S, topping benchmarks

A German AI consortium has released Soofi S, an open-source 30-billion-parameter language model. The model achieves top scores on several benchmarks, marking a significant advance in open-weight AI development. This release could strengthen Europe's position in the global AI race and offers researchers a powerful free alternative to proprietary models.

**Importance:** 4/5

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### Technology
- [Hacker News](https://the-decoder.com/german-ai-consortium-releases-soofi-s-an-open-30b-model-that-tops-benchmarks-in-both-english-and-german/) — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:44:46 +0000