AI71

AI71, a pioneering AI company launched by Abu Dhabi's Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC) and VentureOne, stands as a pivotal movement in the realm of AI innovation. Leveraging the globally top-ranked Falcon AI models from the Technology Innovation Institute, AI71's focus spans across multi-domain advancements, initially targeting the medical, education, and legal sectors. The Technology Innovation Institute (TII) is a leading global research center based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. TII focuses on pushing the frontiers of knowledge and delivering transformative technologies through its teams of scientists, researchers, and engineers. As part of the Abu Dhabi Government's Advanced Technology Research Council, TII serves as a catalyst for change and sets new standards in scientific research.

General
Organization	[Technology Innovation Institute AI71
Location	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Area served	Worldwide

About AI71

AI71, an innovative AI company founded by Abu Dhabi's Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC) in collaboration with VentureOne, is a significant force in the field of AI development. Drawing on the world-renowned Falcon AI models from the Technology Innovation Institute, AI71 is advancing multiple domains, with an initial focus on the medical, education, and legal sectors.

Committed to decentralizing data ownership, AI71 is setting new benchmarks in privacy and security, empowering enterprises and governments to maintain full control over their data. Through strategic partnerships, AI71 seeks to revolutionize AI accessibility, driving a new chapter in the UAE's knowledge economy and positioning the nation as a prominent player on the global AI landscape.

About TII UAE

TII UAE is part of the Abu Dhabi Government's Advanced Technology Research Council, which oversees technology research in the emirate. As a disruptor in science, TII is setting new standards and serves as a catalyst for change.

Faced with a future of limitless possibilities and supported by strategically funded investments, TII encourages a culture of discovery. Their work reinforces Abu Dhabi and the UAE's status as an R&D hub and a global leader in breakthrough technologies.

Key Projects and Initiatives

AI71 is involved in various projects and initiatives aimed at driving innovation and creating a better future. Some of their key projects include:

• Falcon 2: We're excited to announce that it's now Open-Source, Multilingual, and Multimodal—standing out as the only AI model with Vision-to-Language capabilities. The new Falcon 2 11B surpasses Meta's Llama 3 8B and matches the performance of Google's leading Gemma 7B model, as independently verified by the Hugging Face Leaderboard. Looking ahead, Further plans are to integrate a 'Mixture of Experts' to enhance Falcon 2's capabilities.

• Falcon LLM: TII's flagship series of large language models, built from scratch using a custom data pipeline and distributed training library. Falcon LLM models are state-of-the-art for their size, outperforming most other models on NLP benchmarks. TII has open-sourced several Falcon LLM artifacts, including pretrained models, instruction/chat models, and the RefinedWeb dataset.

• RefinedWeb Dataset: A massive web dataset with stringent filtering and large-scale deduplication, enabling models trained on web data alone to match or outperform models trained on curated corpora. RefinedWeb is licensed under Apache 2.0.

• Open Call for Proposals: TII is calling for proposals from the global research community and SME entrepreneurs to submit use cases for Falcon LLM, promoting collaborations and driving innovation.

• TII Falcon LLM License: A fork of Apache 2.0, this license allows researchers and developers to freely use TII's models for research and personal purposes. For commercial use, royalties are exempted for attributable revenues under $1 million per year; otherwise, a commercial agreement with TII is required.