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🦁 SEA-LION Model Ecosystem
56
Total models
27,988
Total downloads
278
Total likes
5,034
Top model downloads
| Version | Models | Downloads | Likes | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| v4 | 13 | 15,267 | 50 | 2025-2026 |
| v3.5 | 6 | 2,853 | 15 | 2025 |
| v3 | 11 | 5,797 | 43 | 2024-2025 |
| v2 | 4 | 1,428 | 26 | 2024 |
| v1 | 6 | 2,157 | 104 | 2023-2024 |
💡 For context: Meta's Llama 3 sees tens of millions of downloads per model, while Mistral and Qwen sit in the millions. SEA-LION targets the Southeast Asian multilingual market, with a smaller user base but clear growth (v4 already accounts for 55% of total downloads).
🤗 View all models on HuggingFace →🛡️ SEA-Guard Safety Models
4 models
371 downloads
Released in February 2026; still at an early stage
Gemma-SEA-Guard-12B-2602 Image-Text-to-Text
Qwen-SEA-Guard-8B-2602 Image-Text-to-Text
Qwen-SEA-Guard-4B-2602 Image-Text-to-Text
Llama-SEA-Guard-8B-2602 Text Generation
✅ AI Verify Governance Framework
AI Verify
The world's first AI governance testing framework · Open-sourced 2023-06
- ✓ Tests AI systems against 11 internationally recognised governance principles
- ✓ Covers both classical AI and generative AI (added May 2025)
- ✓ Aligned with EU, OECD and US governance frameworks
Partners
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📦 Open-Source Projects
Speech Lab
Python
Singlish speech-to-text
No public repositorySynergos
Python
Privacy-preserving federated learning framework
No public repository📄 Research Papers
SEA-Guard: Culturally Grounded Multilingual Safeguard for Southeast Asia
SEA-SafeguardBench: Evaluating AI Safety in SEA Languages and Cultures
SEA-LION: Southeast Asian Languages in One Network
SEA-HELM: Southeast Asian Holistic Evaluation of Language Models
Data on this page is sourced from the HuggingFace API and GitHub API, independently collected by Singapore AI Observatory and is not official. Last updated: 2026-02-17.