Motif Technologies Starts Work on Motif 4 With Nvidia Backing
Motif Technologies began full-scale development of its open-weight foundation model Motif 4 after closing an undisclosed bridge round with Nvidia taking part.
Motif Technologies has closed a bridge investment round and started full-scale development of its next foundation large language model, Motif 4, the company said on November 9, 2026. The investment amount was not disclosed.
Nvidia is participating in the round alongside the company's existing investors, according to aitimes.com. The bridge round follows the 24-billion-won Series B that Motif Technologies raised in May.
Motif 4 is scheduled to be released as an open-weight model in the first quarter of next year.
From Motif 3 to Motif 4
The predecessor model, Motif 3, was developed over five months as part of the Ministry of Science and ICT's independent AI foundation model project, trained on 768 Nvidia B200 GPUs.
Motif 3 scored 47 on Artificial Analysis' Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing 10th among all AI models and 4th among open-weight models. It ranked first worldwide among models from outside the US and China, ahead of Upstage, SK Telecom and LG AI Research.
Quick answers
When will Motif 4 be released?
Motif Technologies plans to release Motif 4 as an open-weight model in the first quarter of next year.
Who is investing in Motif Technologies' new round?
Nvidia is taking part in the bridge round alongside the company's existing investors. The amount was not disclosed.