You can use DeepSeek without sending a single token to China. Same for GLM and Qwen. We download the weights, deploy them on our own infrastructure, and serve them without a single request going through DeepSeek, Z.ai or Alibaba’s APIs. At Helmcode, we run them on European infrastructure: → prompts and responses are processed in the EU → the model developer never receives your data → we don’t store prompts or responses → no international data transfer for inference → you can sign a DPA with a European provider We've created a page explaining every detail helmcode.com/security/open-m… And there’s another big part: cost. - Running 10B tokens/month through Claude Opus 5.5 via API is around $72,000 at list price. - Our Growth plan is €1,299/month and includes up to 15B tokens across our open models. It means running a strong model in production no longer has to mean sending your data to a US or Chinese provider and paying frontier-model prices for every token. Your data is yours.

We are partnering with @lobera_ai and some other companies to bring AI infrastructure for the next generation of hackers and security engineers. We are proud sponsors of cyberchallenge.ai/en/ Cyberchallenge is a Capture the Flag league of Spanish universities. Students won't just hack. They'll build agents that hack. These people are building the future of security, and we want to be part of it. We're giving every team the AI infrastructure to do it: open models through the Helmcode API for teams. We'll be sharing the league board as the competition unfolds. Follow along: cyberchallenge.ai/en/

Kernel Panic! is one week away. Really short: Oct 6 · Matadero, Madrid · 16:30 4 talks on AI at scale with @huggingface, Inditex Tech and @Cloudflare. Sold out. But we just released 40 last-minute seats. First come, first served: kernelpanic.helmcode.com

🚀 Qwen Image 2.1 is available now on Helmcode. And it's a beast! 👇 → Generation and editing in one model. Same endpoint, no checkpoint swap. → Native 2K output (2048×2048), no upscaling. → Text that actually reads inside the image. Posters, packaging, UI mockups, slides. → Transparent PNGs straight from the prompt. Real alpha channel, no background remover. → Up to 10 reference images for edits, with masks or painted annotations to say exactly where. Runs on EU infrastructure, zero logs, OpenAI-compatible API, as always. Point your base_url at Helmcode and you're generating. helmcode.com/models

📸 Missed the first Café Helmcode? You're going to wish you hadn't. Here's a recap video of how it went. Lots of people sharing, lots of people having a great time, and a community we're building around open models that left wanting more. Spot any familiar faces? Thanks to @adrilaborda @iamzenitram and @cangri2k5 for sharing their projects with everyone and sparking the conversations. And a huge thank you to @Saulgmz_ for shooting this amazing video. The GOAT 📷 There'll be more. Many more! Coming to the next one?