Available in the API since Jul 30, 2026
Gradium announced API availability for this model on 2026-07-30. API and Gradium Studio
This date applies to API availability. Rollouts in consumer products or other hosting routes can happen on different dates.
- Hosting route
- First-party API
- Affected scope
- API and Gradium Studio
- Announced
- Jul 30, 2026
- First seen by ModelClock
- Oct 22, 2026
What the provider published
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