VespaG

Closed weights Technical University of Munich,Sorbonne University,Institute for Advanced Study,Université Paris Cité,Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) 660K parameters September 2024

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No hardware requirements for this model

The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.

On record

Full specification

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Origin

Who built this model, where, and when it was published.

Organisation
Technical University of Munich,Sorbonne University,Institute for Advanced Study,Université Paris Cité,Institut Universitaire de France (IUF)
Organisation type
Academia,Academia,Academia,Academia,Research collective
Country
Germany, France, United States of America
Published
9 September 2024
Authors
Céline Marquet, Julius Schlensok, Marina Abakarova, Burkhard Rost, Elodie Laine

What it does

The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.

Domain
Biology
Task
Protein property prediction, Protein or nucleotide language model (pLM/nLM)

Size

How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.

Parameters
660K
Training data
tokens

Total datapoints = 39,000,000 39,000,000 = 3.9 x 10^7 Final data estimate: 3.9e7

Epochs
200

How it is classified

Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.

Record confidence
Confident

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference
Expert-guided protein Language Models enable accurate and blazingly fast fitness prediction
Last updated
28 November 2025

What the numbers mean

Background

VespaG was published by Technical University of Munich,Sorbonne University,Institute for Advanced Study,Université Paris Cité,Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), in the country recorded as Germany, during September 2024. It comes out of an organisation categorised as academia,Academia,Academia,Academia,Research collective.

It works in the domain of Biology, and is recorded as performing the task of protein property prediction, Protein or nucleotide language model (pLM/nLM).

Because the weights are not available, none of the hardware figures elsewhere on this site apply to it.

Answers

VespaG — common questions

01

VespaG— what GPU do I need to run it?

None. This is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.

02

VespaG— is it open source?

The licensing was never recorded in our source data. We treat unstated licensing as closed, because an unrecorded licence is not one to rely on.

03

VespaG— how many parameters does it have?

It has a parameter count of 660K. That figure is the total, and it is what decides how much memory the model needs — roughly half a gigabyte per billion at the compression most people use.

04

VespaG— who created it?

It was published by Technical University of Munich,Sorbonne University,Institute for Advanced Study,Université Paris Cité,Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), based in Germany, an organisation categorised as academia,Academia,Academia,Academia,Research collective.

05

VespaG— when was it released?

It was published in September 2024. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

06

VespaG— what is it used for?

It works in the domain of Biology, and is recorded as handling the task of protein property prediction, Protein or nucleotide language model (pLM/nLM). Models frequently carry more than one of each, and the tags describe purpose rather than capability limits.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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