Does Europe still want to play any role in the AI race? Does it still have the will to build what it takes? Not simply talk about it, or simply regulate it. But build. Compete at the frontier. Take the risks, make the investments, and do the difficult things that leadership actually demands. Today, access to frontier AI still comes with painful tradeoffs. Costs that compound with every user. Latency that slows down products. Compute concentrated in a handful of providers. And too little control over where intelligence runs and where data lives. Why should building with the world’s best intelligence mean accepting these constraints? We don’t think it should. That’s why we’re building http://alpha.sh. Open models. Exceptional performance. Radically lower costs. Sovereign infrastructure. All accessible through one API. Europe has an extraordinary history of discovery. Of people who questioned what everyone else accepted, built what didn’t exist, and changed what the world believed possible. Is that spirit of discovery, invention, and ambition still alive today? Because in this new age, infrastructure is more than compute, networks, and data centers. It’s what gives a small team with an extraordinary idea a fighting chance against the largest companies in the world. It’s what turns the world’s best intelligence into new products, businesses, scientific discoveries, and capabilities that matter. It’s also what gives our businesses and institutions the ability to remain resilient, independent, and in control as intelligence becomes critical to everything they do. Europe needs this infrastructure. And it needs companies willing to put it to work. More founders building at the frontier. More businesses adopting the best models, testing their limits, and turning new capabilities into real advantages. More infrastructure built here, serving the world. Build something that wouldn’t have been possible yesterday. The models are here. The talent is here. The opportunity is here. What are we waiting for? https://alpha.sh/blog/introducing-alpha/