Evidence-backed European AI register
Miðeind
Reviewed identity, roles, model listings, pricing and evidence for Miðeind.
Dataset compiled 2026-08-27 · evidence over inference
Reviewed identity
- Headquarters scope
- European non-EU headquarters
- Headquarters record
- Reykjavík
- Legal entity
- Miðeind ehf. (private limited company)
- Ownership
- privately held
- Founded
- 2016
- Confidence
- medium
- Last verified
- 2026-08-22
Evidence boundaries
Organisation listings identify a reviewed canonical record. 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
- kyutai-stt-1b-is-en
- Type
- asr
- Parameters
- 1B
- Context
- unknown
- Languages
- Icelandic, English
- Licence
- unknown
- Release
- unknown
- 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–
- bytemistral-isl-60m
- Type
- text
- Parameters
- 60.1M
- Context
- unknown
- Languages
- Icelandic
- Licence
- unknown
- Release
- unknown
- 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
- yfirlestur-icelandic-classification-byt5
- Type
- text
- Parameters
- 0.6B
- Context
- unknown
- Languages
- Icelandic
- Licence
- unknown
- Release
- unknown
- 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
- https://huggingface.co/mideind
- https://huggingface.co/mideind/IceBERT
- https://mideind.is/en/frettir/gpt-4-fra-openai-nu-mun-betra-i-islensku-med-hjalp-mideindar
- https://mideind.is/en/greinar/islensk-stigatafla-risamallikana
- https://github.com/mideind
- https://www.icelandreview.com/news/gpt-4-to-aid-in-the-preservation-of-the-icelandic-language/
- https://mideind.is/