Anthracite — Stav Model Creators

Stav’s assessment

Overall risk · high

Stav’s assessment

Editorial assessment, not legal advice. Stav's risk ratings, scores, and verdicts are our own analysis of publicly available information and may be incomplete or out of date. Verify independently before making compliance or procurement decisions.

Safeguards in place

transparency
Training datasets and full training configuration details are publicly disclosed in model card READMEs, giving more training-side visibility than many proprietary labs, even though this also surfaces the IP concern.
transparency
Financial transparency via Open Collective: donations and expenditures are publicly visible, with no hidden corporate funding or undisclosed investors.
community
Models are released with full downloadable weights across multiple versions and formats (including quantised GGUF/exl2), enabling independent evaluation and fully local, air-gapped deployment without contacting Anthracite infrastructure.
stability
Consistent iterative releases (v1 through v4 series across multiple base models) show sustained development activity from at least August 2024 through October 2024, with continued third-party tracking into 2026.

Published safeguards & certifications