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Product news 28 August 2026

Open language models now run in the Netherlands too

Together with Nebul, we run large open language models entirely in the Netherlands. For the first time, every part of vragen.ai can run on Dutch soil: the application, the knowledge base and the language model. Why that matters now, and ten questions with answers.

Bing van Moorsel · 10 min read

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