Layer42LabsPowering the Next Generation of Greek and European AI
We operationalize open-source research for the enterprise. We develop state-of-the-art, multilingual and multimodal AI that ensures the inclusion of the Greek language, offering companies optimized deployment and fine-tuning services that surpass the capabilities of standard models.
From Research to Industry
Layer42Labs is led by the ILSP/Athena RC scientific team that architected and trained the first state-of-the-art Greek models.
Sokratis Sofianopoulos
CEO, Systems and Software Design
Dimitris Roussis
Data Synthesis and Processing
Leon Voukoutis
Model Training, Optimization
George Paraskevopoulos
System Design, Multimodal ML
Prokopis Prokopidis
NLP Applications, Evaluation
Vassilis Katsouros
Scientific Lead
Strategic Parnerships
Layer42Labs collaborates with major technology players to access cutting-edge resources, expertise, and infrastructure that push the frontiers of AI
Technical Capabilities
Layer42Labs specializes in deploying and fine-tuning open LLMs for enterprise environments.
Efficient Tokenization
Our models use custom tokenizers with up to ~21k Greek tokens, reducing fertility to 1.65 and lowering inference costs by ~40%.
Instruction & Alignment
Leveraging our synthetic data pipeline and state-of-the-art preference optimization techniques, chat versions of our models are designed to follow instructions safely and effectively.
Modern Greek Focus
Optimized for Modern Greek business applications, with additional support for Polytonic and Ancient Greek.
Code & Reasoning
Maintaining strong performance in English code generation and math reasoning, essential for complex technical workflows.
Enterprise Integration
Step 1: Audit
Our team assesses your data readiness and infrastructure needs.
Step 2: Deployment
We deploy our latest open model (Krikri-8B) within your secure private cloud or on-premise servers.
Step 3: Adaptation
We fine-tune the base model on your proprietary data to achieve maximum domain accuracy.
Live Production
Based on Open Peer-Reviewed Research
Our research, recently presented at EMNLP 2025 and arxiv, demonstrates that specialized training significantly outperforms generic multilingual models.
Scientific Breakthrough
The Krikri-8B model established a new standard for Greek NLP.
VoxKrikri
We introduced VoxKrikri, the first Greek speech LLM, achieving state-of-the-art results for Automatic Speech Recognition in Greek and providing an average ~20% relative improvement across benchmarks.
Open Benchmarks
We have contributed more than 20 open benchmarks to evaluate model performance.
Contact Us
info@layer42labs.eu