Reflection AI debuts open-source Beam model with 501B parameters

Reflection AI debuts open-source Beam model with 501B parameters

Reflection AI Inc. today introduced Beam, an open-source large language model with 501 billion parameters.

The launch comes a few months after the startup raised funding at a $25 billion valuation. Around the same time, Reflection AI reportedly inked a $6.3 billion deal with SpaceX Corp. to rent Nvidia GB300 NVL72 appliances. It used those systems, which each contain 72 graphics cards, to train Beam.

Reflection AI benchmarked its model against…