Swiss AI Initiative
2 models across 1 family · Latest: Apertus 1.5 70B (2026-07)
Swiss AI Initiative's portfolio covers 2 active models across 1 current family, spanning rag, agents, and long context. Open a model detail page to compare provider routes and sourced benchmarks.
Covers 5 workload areas across 2 active tracked models; last verified 2026-10-05.
Use it for
- Teams evaluating rag, agents, and long context across this lab's releases
- Comparing model families before committing to a flagship
- Migration and pricing follow-ups across 2 tracked models
Do not use it for
- Choosing a hosting provider without opening a model page for price ladders
Active models
2
Current models from this lab, excluding deprecated ones
Active families
1
Current model families from this lab
Open catalog
2 open
2 open source / 0 open weights
Lowest output price
$2.08 /1M
Cheapest tracked output across active models, per 1M tokens
Latest dated release
2026-07-24
Apertus 1.5 70B
Freshness
2026-10-05
Researched 1d ago
Information
Release cadence
- Dated releases
- 2
- Latest model
- Apertus 1.5 70B
- Latest date
- 2026-07-24
Where this lab wins
- RAG: 2 tracked models with ruler / needle retrieval benchmarks.
- Agentic: 2 tracked models with BFCL, tau-bench, and SWE-bench tool-use coverage.
- Long-context: 2 tracked models with context-token or InfiniteBench-class signal.
- Vision: 2 tracked models with multimodal benchmark coverage.
Flagship quality / price signal
- Flagship
- Apertus 1.5 70B
- Selection source
- Best sourced coding Q/$
- Coding grade
- unknown
- Benchmark / output price
- Not enough sourced benchmark and price coverage
About
Swiss AI Initiative is tracked in LLMReference as an AI research organization.
Featured models
| Model | Released | Context | Input price ($/1M) | Output price ($/1M) | License | Openness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apertus 1.5 70B | 2026-07-24 | 262k | $0.875 | $2.075 | Apache 2.0 | Open source |
| Apertus 1.5 8B | 2026-07-24 | 262k | - | - | Apache 2.0 | Open source |
Model families
Recent releases
- Apertus 1.5 70B- 2026-07-24
- Apertus 1.5 8B- 2026-07-24
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Last reviewed: 2026-10-05. Data sourced from public lab announcements and provider documentation.