Granite is IBM's family of open models for language, speech and time series tasks, published on Hugging Face under the ibm-granite organization and licensed under Apache 2.0.

What is Granite Switch?

A way to compose a Granite base model, activated LoRA adapters and a speech encoder into one deployable checkpoint. IBM released Granite Switch 4.1 in 8B and 30B sizes in October 2026.

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IBM is the US technology and consulting company that develops the Granite family of open models through IBM Research. Granite models are published on Hugging Face under the Apache 2.0 license, and in October 2026 IBM released Granite Switch 4.1, which bundles a base model, adapters and a speech encoder in one checkpoint.

Last reviewed 28 Oct 2026

Facts at a glance

Type	Technology, software and consulting company
Headquarters	Armonk, New York
Founded	1911
Open model family	Granite (language, speech, time series), Apache 2.0 source
Latest release	Granite Switch 4.1 8B and 30B, 14 October 2026 source

Questions people ask

What is IBM Granite?: Granite is IBM's family of open models for language, speech and time series tasks, published on Hugging Face under the ibm-granite organization and licensed under Apache 2.0.
What is Granite Switch?: A way to compose a Granite base model, activated LoRA adapters and a speech encoder into one deployable checkpoint. IBM released Granite Switch 4.1 in 8B and 30B sizes in October 2026.