Reflection AI has released Beam, marking the company's debut as an open-source model provider. The team, composed of former DeepMind researchers, positions Beam as a non-Chinese alternative to models from Chinese labs.
- Beam is described as being particularly strong in coding and agent tasks.
- The model claims to be 3-4 times more efficient than other open models.
- Reflection AI currently holds a $25 billion valuation.
- The company is already training its next model.