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- Oct 1703:03
Reflection Releases Beam's Open Weights: Apache 2.0 License, 501B-Parameter MoE
eleven days after Beam's debut, Reflection delivered on its open-weights promise; a 501B-class release under Apache 2.0 is the US camp's latest answer to Chinese labs' lead on open-weight leaderboards.
- Oct 1103:55
Nvidia in Talks to Deepen Investment in Reflection AI or Acquire It
Nvidia has already put $800 million into Reflection AI; an acquisition near the $25 billion pre-money valuation it was raising at in April would rank among the largest capital moves of this AI cycle.
- Oct 606:40
Nvidia-Backed Reflection Debuts Beam, Its First Open-Weight Frontier Model: 501B Params, 23B Active
Beam has 501B total parameters with 23B active, and the company says it needs a third to a quarter of GLM-5.2's inference compute; scores are self-reported and weights open later in October.
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