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Aleph Alpha
Graduated neolabDeveloper of specialized sovereign language models and AI solutions for public institutions and enterprises
Raised, confirmed$500M1 confirmed round
Valuation, confirmed—none disclosed
Valuation, reported—no open report
Founded2019Heidelberg, BW, DE
Key facts
| Field | Value | Source · checked |
|---|---|---|
| Classification | Graduated neolabGerman language-model developer founded in 2019 with a Series B of more than $500M (Nov 2023); signed a definitive agreement to combine with Cohere (Sep 2026) | |
| Founded | 2019 | |
| Headquarters | Heidelberg, BW, DE | aleph-alpha.com Heidelberg, 28 September 2026 – Reto Spörri has left Aleph Alpha after fourteen months as Co-CEOchecked 9 Nov 2026 |
| Founders | Jonas Andrulis, Samuel Weinbach | |
| Website | aleph-alpha.com | aleph-alpha.com Aleph Alpha develops specialized language models and AI solutions for enterprises and public institutions in Europe.checked 9 Nov 2026 |
| Careers | jobs.ashbyhq.com4 open roles on 9 Nov 2026 | aleph-alpha.comchecked 9 Nov 2026 |
| Profiles and work | X @Aleph__AlphaLinkedInHugging Face, 30 modelsGitHub, 34 public reposWikidata | How links are checkedchecked 10 Nov 2026 |
Funding rounds
Aleph Alpha has raised $500M in rounds confirmed by the company, a regulator or two independent outlets. Status rules: methodology.
| Date | Round | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Status | Source · checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Nov 2023 | Series B | $500M | — | Lead: Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence (Ipai), Bosch Ventures, Schwarz Group; Christ&Company Consulting, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, SAP, Burda Principal Investments | Confirmed | Aleph Alpha The company raised more than 500 million US Dollars from a consortium of a total of seven new investors as well as existing investors from previous rounds.checked 9 Nov 2026 |
Notes on these rounds
- 6 Nov 2023 Series B: Company states 'more than 500 million US Dollars'; the amount field records the 500 million floor.
People
| Name | Role | Before | Now | Source · checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas AndrulisLinkedIn | Founder | — | Left Oct 2025 | aleph-alpha.com Jonas Andrulis, CEO and founder of Aleph Alpha, on the successful Series B round.checked 9 Nov 2026 |
| Samuel WeinbachLinkedInHugging Face | Co-founder & Co-Chief Research Officer | — | Current | cohere.com Samuel Weinbach, co-founder and Co-Chief Research Officer of Aleph Alpha, will become Chief Research Officer of Coherechecked 9 Nov 2026 |
| Ilhan ScheerLinkedInHugging Face | CEO | fable+ (Founder) | Current | aleph-alpha.com Ilhan Scheer will continue as CEO and serve as sole Managing Director of Aleph Alpha.checked 9 Nov 2026 |
| Reto Spörri | Co-CEO | — | Left Sep 2026 | aleph-alpha.com Reto Spörri has left Aleph Alpha after fourteen months as Co-CEO to pursue new professional opportunities.checked 9 Nov 2026 |
Professional facts from public sources only. How people records are handled.
What it has shipped
| Name | Kind | Date | Open weights | Source · checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kolibri | model | 3 Oct 2026 | Yes | aleph-alpha.com Kolibri is an English-German Mixture-of-Experts model with 78B total and 3B active parameters, a context of up to 1M tokens and open weights under Apache 2.0, specialized for sovereign, mission-critical work.checked 10 Nov 2026 |
| PhariaAI | product | 2025 | No | aleph-alpha.com PhariaAI is live and delivering real value across public administration, security, defense, automotive and manufacturing, retail, and financial services.checked 9 Nov 2026 |
Latest posts on X
The most recent posts from @Aleph__Alpha, the X account of Aleph Alpha, quoted as posted. Replies and reposts are left out. How posts are selected.
Kolibri 1 is now supported in vLLM 0.33 🎉 Thanks to the @vllm_project and @huggingface communities for making it happen!
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Kolibri can reason at four efforts: none, low, medium, and high. Our SFT training traces didn't have effort labels, so we had to label them post-hoc. A new blog post by @L_Salewski explains how we did this, with interactive figures 🧵
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Parsy is currently the best parsing model in the world. Read on for how we built this model on top of our parsing harness. 🧵
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checked 10 Nov 2026
Commonly cited, checked
Figures and statements about Aleph Alpha that circulate in lists and summaries, and what the sources support.
| Claim | Finding | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Reported merger into Cohere | Both companies announced the plan on 24 Apr 2026 and signed a definitive business combination agreement on 16 Sep 2026; the combined company would operate as Cohere, subject to regulatory approvals. | aleph-alpha.com today announced the signing of a definitive business combination agreement, following the announcement of the planned combination in April of this year. |
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