Spanish AI firm Multiverse Computing has raised 189 million euros ($217 million) to compress AI language models.
The company has a compression technology that can reduce the size of large language models by up to 95% without performance loss and cost reduction of up to 80%.
Multiverse's approach combines quantum physics and machine learning concepts, mimicking quantum systems without the need for a quantum computer.
This funding round makes Multiverse the largest Spanish AI startup, aligning with top European AI startups like Mistral, Aleph Alpha, Synthesia, Poolside, and Owkin.
Multiverse has already launched compressed versions of popular LLMs like Meta's Llama, China's DeepSeek, and France's Mistral, with more models planned.
CEO Enrique Lizaso Olmos stated their focus is on compressing widely-used open-source LLMs.
The compression tool is also accessible on the Amazon Web Services AI marketplace.