Sovereign Australia AI has announced a $10 million copyright fund to compensate creators whose works help train its foundational models. Backed by Australia’s largest deployment of Nvidia Blackwell B200 GPUs, the initiative underscores a commitment to data sovereignty, transparency, and AI that reflects Australian values.

Simon Kriss challenged views like Richard Holden's – sovereignty in AI isn't about out-spending OpenAI, it's about seizing the opportunity. Sovereign Australia AI believes that building 'Australis' shows how we can develop real, capable sovereign models on our terms.