Evo 2
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Evo 2 code and weights licenses
Code
- Commercial use
- Yes
- Derivatives
- Yes
- Redistribution
- Yes
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Apache License
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ArcInstitute/evo2/main/LICENSE · Repository license file · checked 2026-11-13
Weights
- Commercial use
- Yes
- Derivatives
- Yes
- Redistribution
- Yes
huggingface.co ·
License: apache-2.0
https://huggingface.co/arcinstitute/evo2_7b · Dataset page · checked 2026-11-13
Commercial use of Evo 2
- Code
- Yes · Permissive
- Weights
- Yes · Permissive
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Training data
- OpenGenome2 The README states that Evo 2 was trained autoregressively on OpenGenome2, a dataset containing 8.8 trillion tokens from all domains of life.
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Evo 2 was trained autoregressively on [OpenGenome2](https://huggingface.co/datasets/arcinstitute/opengenome2), a dataset containing 8.8 trillion tokens from all domains of life.
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ArcInstitute/evo2/main/README.md · README · checked 2026-11-13
- Microviridae genomes The README lists an evo2_7b_microviridae checkpoint described as a 7B parameter base model fine-tuned on Microviridae genomes.
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| `evo2_7b_microviridae` | 7B parameter base model fine-tuned on Microviridae genomes |
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ArcInstitute/evo2/main/README.md · README · checked 2026-11-13
Running Evo 2
- Weights downloadhuggingface.co
- Hosted APIbuild.nvidia.com
Evo 2 versions
- v0.5.0: code Apache-2.0, weights Apache-2.0
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**Evo 2 20B released**: 40B-level performance with double the speed, read more [here](https://github.com/ArcInstitute/evo2/releases/tag/v0.5.0).
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ArcInstitute/evo2/main/README.md · README · checked 2026-11-13
Evo 2 official download addresses
- Repository or releasehttps://github.com/ArcInstitute/evo2
- Weights pagehttps://huggingface.co/arcinstitute/evo2_7b
- License filehttps://raw.githubusercontent.com/ArcInstitute/evo2/main/LICENSE
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