DolphinGemma

Closed weights Google DeepMind,Georgia Institute of Technology,Wild Dolphin Project 400M parameters April 2025

No estimate

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

Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.

Origin

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

Organisation
Google DeepMind,Georgia Institute of Technology,Wild Dolphin Project
Organisation type
Industry,Academia,Research collective
Country
United States of America
Published
14 April 2025
Authors
Denise Herzing, Thad Starner

What it does

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

Domain
Audio
Task
Audio generation, Speech recognition (ASR), Audio classification

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
400M

400M

Training data
tokens

Availability

Whether you can obtain the model and run it on your own hardware, which is what decides if any of the graphics-card figures on this page apply.

Weights
Closed — provider access only
Model access
Unreleased
Training code
Unreleased

"Recognizing the value of collaboration in scientific discovery, we’re planning to share DolphinGemma as an open model this summer. " [2025]

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
DolphinGemma: How Google AI is helping decode dolphin communication
Last updated
28 November 2025

What the numbers mean

Where it came from

DolphinGemma was published by Google DeepMind,Georgia Institute of Technology,Wild Dolphin Project, in United States of America, in April 2025. industry,Academia,Research collective is the category the publisher falls under.

It works in Audio, and is recorded as doing audio generation, Speech recognition (ASR), Audio classification.

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

Answers

DolphinGemma — common questions

01

Who created DolphinGemma?

DolphinGemma was published by Google DeepMind,Georgia Institute of Technology,Wild Dolphin Project, based in United States of America, categorised as industry,Academia,Research collective.

02

When was DolphinGemma released?

DolphinGemma was published in April 2025.

03

What is DolphinGemma used for?

DolphinGemma works in Audio, and is recorded as handling audio generation, Speech recognition (ASR), Audio classification. These are the areas it was designed around; they describe intent rather than a hard boundary.

04

What GPU do I need to run DolphinGemma?

None. DolphinGemma 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.

05

Is DolphinGemma open source?

No. DolphinGemma has not had its weights published, so it exists only as a service controlled by its owner.

06

How many parameters does DolphinGemma have?

DolphinGemma has 400M parameters. 400M. 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.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

The other direction

Looking at it from the other side?

This page starts from the model. If you already own a card and want to know everything it will run, start from the hardware instead.