Comment by hubraumhugo
2 days ago
Pretty proud to see this at the top of HN as a Swiss (and I know many are lurking here!). These two universities produce world-class founders, researchers, and engineers. Yet, we always stay in the shadow of the US. With our top-tier public infrastructure, education, and political stability (+ neutrality), we have a unqiue opportunity to build something exceptional in the open LLM space.
I think EPFL and ETH are generally well known internationally, but Switzerland being rather small (9M pop), it's only natural you don't hear much about it compared to other larger countries!
I work with EPFL alumni. Brilliant minds.