AI Model Release Tracker US & Canada · updated
- 1Releases tracked
- Oct 19Latest · Mercury 3
- 0%Open-weight
- USPalo Alto, United States
Inception is a Palo Alto, US-based AI company that builds diffusion-based large language models (dLLMs), which generate tokens in parallel rather than one at a time. It describes its Mercury models as the first commercially available family of diffusion LLMs. Mercury 3, released October 19, 2026, is more than 40 times larger than Mercury 1, runs at over 1,000 tokens per second, and supports a 1M-token context. Mercury models are closed-weight and served through Inception's OpenAI-compatible API at $0.20 per million input and $0.70 per million output tokens.
Inception
1 release latest Oct 19, 2026
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Mercury 3
Diffusion LLM, 40x larger than Mercury 1, running at 1,000+ tokens/s; $0.20/$0.70 per 1M tokens (50% off at launch).
Inception FAQ
- What is Inception's latest AI model?
- Inception's most recent release in the Startrise tracker is Mercury 3, released Oct 19, 2026.
- How many AI models has Inception released?
- Startrise tracks 1 notable Inception release since January 2025, from Mercury 3 (Oct 19, 2026) to Mercury 3.
- Does Inception release open-weight models?
- None of the 1 tracked Inception releases ship with downloadable weights; they are available through Inception's apps and API.
- Where is Inception based?
- Inception is based in Palo Alto, United States.