aiLights - LiipGPT and Apertus: Results from running sovereign Swiss AI over 8 months

​How can public sector organizations leverage sovereign AI models like Apertus alongside practical frameworks like LiipGPT? In this session, Josef Kruckenberg from Liip shares real-world experiences building and deploying AI assistants for Swiss public sector clients.

​Learn how open-source LLMs can be integrated into enterprise workflows while maintaining data sovereignty and compliance. We will dive into real-world numbers from comparing Apertus with proprietary AI models and take a look at what the next version of Apertus could improve on.

​Speaker:
Josef Kruckenberg
Lead Generative AI, Liip

Josef is an interdisciplinary team player at the intersection of technology, user experience and business. Josef has worked in various roles at digital agencies in Austria and Switzerland focusing on open-source web technologies. He is currently leading the Generative AI team at Liip.

💡 This session is part of our Apertus series.

​📅 Date & Time: 24.06.2026, 09:00-09:45 (CET)
⏱️ Duration: 45 minutes
🌐 Language: English
🗣️ Format: Presentation + Q&A
📍 Location: Online (Zoom + YouTube Livestream)
👥 Audience: AI practitioners, decision makers, public sector IT leaders
🤖 Field: Large Language Models / AI Assistants
🧠 Level: Intermediate

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We thank our partner Oertli-Stiftung for the support.

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