Nvidia, Perplexity team up to bring European sovereign AI models

Perplexity said it will integrate sovereign European AI models into its answer engine, bringing “locally-optimized, culturally-aware AI” to users worldwide while supporting Europe’s digital sovereignty initiatives.

Perplexity — which is backed by major investors such as Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) and Amazon (AMZN) Co-Founder Jeff Bezos — said these sovereign models will soon be available through Perplexity, optimized with Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) Nemotron techniques and deployed as Nvidia NIM microservices.

The company noted that these models are not just translations but they are purpose-built to understand the nuances of European languages, cultural contexts, and local knowledge that global models often miss.

The power behind these sovereign models comes from Nvidia Nemotron post-training techniques, including neural architecture search, reinforcement learning, and optimization with Nvidia-curated synthetic data, according to Perplexity.

The company noted that these optimizations boost performance and reduce costs by generating tokens faster during inference.

The models will run on European AI infrastructure from Nvidia Cloud Partners, ensuring data stays in Europe while maintaining high performance.

Through Nvidia NIM microservices, developers can deploy these models across various platforms, from data centers to on-premises installations.

The first European sovereign AI models are expected to be available through Perplexity later this year, the company noted.