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Miðeind

Reviewed identity, roles, model listings, pricing and evidence for Miðeind.

Dataset compiled 2026-08-28 · evidence over inference

HQ Europe: Unreviewedmodel labresearch institute6 model listings0 token-price rows

Reviewed identity

Headquarters scope
headquarters unknown
Headquarters country
unknown
Headquarters city
unknown
Legal entity
Miðeind ehf. (private limited company)
Ownership
privately held
Founded
2016
Confidence
medium
Last verified
2026-08-22

Links

Official website

Headquarters evidence

Open interactive profile

Headquarters evidence

Miðeind takes privacy seriously

Current site content did not expose a qualifying headquarters statement in the fetched page; source view indicates Reykjavík, but the evidence threshold is not met from current HQ wording.

Evidence boundaries

Organisation listings identify a reviewed canonical record. Headquarters is independent of incorporation, registered offices, ownership, hosting and runtime. Model listings show an association in the source register; they do not by themselves establish model creation, current API availability, hosting location or infrastructure ownership.

Model listings

  1. kyutai-stt-1b-is-encatalogued with this organisation · origin not asserted
    Type
    asr
    Parameters
    1B
    Context
    unknown
    Languages
    Icelandic, English
    Licence
    unknown
    Release
    unknown
  2. IceBERT family (IceBERT, -large, -ic3, -igc, -mC4-is, -xlmr-ic3, -PoS)catalogued with this organisation · origin not asserted
    Type
    text
    Parameters
    0.1B – 0.4B
    Context
    512 tokens
    Languages
    Icelandic
    Licence
    GNU GPLv3 or MIT for Miðeind software generally; per-model licence should be checked on the card
    Release
    2021–
  3. bytemistral-isl-60mcatalogued with this organisation · origin not asserted
    Type
    text
    Parameters
    60.1M
    Context
    unknown
    Languages
    Icelandic
    Licence
    unknown
    Release
    unknown
  4. icelandic-gpt-sw3-6.7bcatalogued with this organisation · origin not asserted
    Type
    text
    Parameters
    6.7B (Icelandic adaptation of AI Sweden's GPT-SW3)
    Context
    2,048 tokens
    Languages
    Icelandic
    Licence
    inherits GPT-SW3's modified RAIL terms — verify
    Release
    unknown
  5. yfirlestur-icelandic-classification-byt5catalogued with this organisation · origin not asserted
    Type
    text
    Parameters
    0.6B
    Context
    unknown
    Languages
    Icelandic
    Licence
    unknown
    Release
    unknown
  6. GPT-4 Icelandic RLHF contributioncatalogued with this organisation · origin not asserted
    Type
    text
    Parameters
    n/a — contributed training signal to OpenAI's GPT-4, not a Miðeind model
    Context
    unknown
    Languages
    Icelandic
    Licence
    n/a
    Release
    2023-03

Profile note

Iceland's entire modern language-technology capability essentially runs through one 17-person company. Two things make it distinctive. First, the strategy: rather than only training Icelandic models, Miðeind ran an RLHF programme with ~40 volunteers directly with OpenAI — the only nation-language project among six GPT-4 launch partnerships — after an Icelandic presidential delegation met Sam Altman. Second, it maintains an Icelandic LLM leaderboard on HuggingFace, giving the language an evaluation surface most small European languages lack. There is no answer here labelled 'IceGPT' — the Icel…

Record sources

  1. https://huggingface.co/mideind
  2. https://huggingface.co/mideind/IceBERT
  3. https://mideind.is/en/frettir/gpt-4-fra-openai-nu-mun-betra-i-islensku-med-hjalp-mideindar
  4. https://mideind.is/en/greinar/islensk-stigatafla-risamallikana
  5. https://github.com/mideind
  6. https://www.icelandreview.com/news/gpt-4-to-aid-in-the-preservation-of-the-icelandic-language/
  7. https://mideind.is/