As the United States commands the field with English-language large language models (LLMs) and China climbs the ranks to secure the lead in models for Chinese-language tasks, Europe is barely in the game when it comes to mastering models for its own languages. Of the top open-source multilingual models designed to handle non-English European languages, hardly any are from European companies. If Europe wants to be globally competitive in LLMs, the first thing it should do is become competitive in its own linguistic backyard. Switzerland, with its unparalleled linguistic diversity and…