• Partners & Data Contributions:

• NDP Nieuwsmedia members (DPG Media, Mediahuis, Erdee Mediagroep, De Groene Amsterdammer) and news agency ANP provided archives from 30+ national and regional titles, that's over 20 billion tokens of Dutch text.

• Academic and public-sector collaborators include SURF and the Netherlands Forensic Institute.

• Ethical & Legal Foundations:

• All data are legally licensed, with transparent usage and remuneration agreements for content providers.

• Technical safeguards prevent unauthorised extraction of original articles, ensuring GDPR and upcoming EU AI Act compliance.

• 2023: Project kickoff at TNO with NFI and SURF, defining data pipelines and governance

• June 2025: Training starts on curated Dutch news archives

• Q4 2025: Public release of GPT-NL for summarisation, simplification and information-extraction use cases

GPT-NL’s ethical focus and scale create four core recruitment categories:

With a 4.2% job vacancy rate in Q1 2025, versus the EU average of 2.2% the Netherlands is leading Europe in labour market tightness.

In highly specialised fields like AI engineering, data science, and compliance, this scarcity translates into heightened competition and longer time-to-hire. For projects like GPT-NL, securing top-tier, ethically minded professionals requires not just sourcing but strategic matchmaking. 

How Panda Intelligence can help:

Whether you're building your AI function from scratch or scaling ethically compliant initiatives like GPT-NL, Panda Intelligence connects you with specialised professionals who understand the intersection of data science, compliance, and impact-driven innovation.

Get in touch with Gabriel today - we’d love to explore your hiring goals and tailor a recruitment strategy that fits your vision.

• Gabriel Berg 

• Founder & Lead Recruiter | Data & AI specialist in the Life Sciences industry

• g.andrade@panda-int.com