Inception
Diffusion-LLM pioneer; Mercury models generate tokens in parallel for very high output speed.
- Provider rank
- #26
- by best model
- Best index
- 49.5
- Mercury 2
- Ranked models
- 1
- 0 open weights
- Cheapest ranked
- $0.375/M
- Mercury 2
Release timeline
Each model’s best configuration by release date. The top eight are labelled; hover any point for its name.
Not enough dated, ranked models to draw a timeline.
Next release
Not enough dated releases to estimate a cadence.
Fastest ranked model: Mercury 2 at 744 tok/s.
Head to head
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Inception vs NVIDIAModels
Every Inception model with a result, one row per model; switch to all configurations to see each reasoning effort.
4 of 4
| # | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercury 2Inception | 49.5±7 | $0.375 | 744 | 4.04 s | 128k | 2026-02-24 | 2026-09-08 |
| 2 | Mercury CoderInception | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | Mercury 2.5Inception | – | $0.068 | 64 | 0.60 s | 260k | – | – |
| 4 | Mercury Edit 2Inception | – | $0.375 | – | – | 128k | 2026-03-30 | – |
Latest news
- Mercury 2.5: Inception's Diffusion LLM Hits 1,100 Tokens/Secshattered.io · 8 Sept 2026
- NVIDIA Inception Program Meets XPRIZE Innovation: Fernando C. Hernandez Advances the AI-Energy-Carbon Management FutureEIN Presswire · 8 Sept 2026
- Inception Labs' Mercury 2 AI Beats Google's DiffusionGemma at Its Own GameDecrypt · 21 Jun 2026
- From the Lab to the Frontier: The Story Behind Inceptionmenlovc.com · 25 Mar 2026
- Ashurst advises Inception Artificial Intelligence on its strategic partnership with Kore.aiashurstperkinscoie.com · 12 Jul 2026
- Inception raises $50 million to build diffusion models for code and textTechCrunch · 6 Nov 2025
- Inception and McKinsey announce strategic partnership to enhance board and executive effectiveness with power of AIMcKinsey & Company · 14 Oct 2025
- IU LAB Bio Start-up Center to advance AI-enabled innovation in collaboration with NVIDIA InceptionNews at IU · 10 Jun 2026