Mila and Mozilla announce new initiative to build trustworthy open source AI for everyone, with Canadian government support

What happened

Doubling down on its commitment to open source AI, the Government of Canada announced its support for the initiative. Hypertec is committing an additional $1 million in first-year funding to accelerate initial Canadian deployments of the open source AI foundation layer on Hypertec hardware.

Mila and Mozilla are actively engaging new partners, inviting companies, research institutions, funders, governments, and developers to join and support this work. What’s being built The goal is simple: make owning your AI as easy as renting it.

Using open source models was never the hard part. But this requires reducing the technical work and expense involved in putting open source AI into practice.

Key facts

• Doubling down on its commitment to open source AI, the Government of Canada — announced: its support for the initiative
• Hypertec is committing an additional $1 million in first-year funding to accelerate initial Canadian deployments of the open source AI foundation layer on Hypertec hardware.
• Mila and Mozilla are actively engaging new partners, inviting companies, research institutions, funders, governments, and developers to join and support this work.
• What’s being built The goal is simple: make owning your AI as easy as renting it.
• Using open source models was never the hard part.