Inception · First-party API · LLM

Mercury 2

Capability changeCapability change announced Jul 29, 2026

Capability change announced Jul 29, 2026 for Mercury 2 on Inception. Source: inceptionlabs.ai · Last checked Oct 23, 2026

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Capability change

Capability change announced Jul 29, 2026

Inception documents a capability change: “More builders. More throughput.”

Hosting route
First-party API
Affected scope
Not stated in the notice
Announced
Jul 29, 2026
First seen by ModelClock
Oct 15, 2026

What the provider published

inceptionlabs.ai ↗

More builders. More throughput. Better Mercury 2. The response to Mercury 2 has been bigger than we expected. Today, alongside our partners at Baseten, we're making Mercury even easier to build with: 100M free tokens for every new API key, 10x higher rate limits, and a faster, more capable model. Entry date: 2026-07-29 Product

More builders. More throughput. Better Mercury 2. The response to Mercury 2 has been bigger than we expected. Today, alongside our partners at Baseten, we're making Mercury even easier to build with: 100M free tokens for every new API key, 10x higher rate limits, and a faster, more capable model. Entry date: 2026-07-29 Product

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Capability change

Capability change announced Jun 24, 2026

Inception documents a capability change: “Mercury 2 on Azure Foundry Mercury 2 is now available on Azure AI Foundry, combining Inception’s diffusion architecture with Azure’s enterprise-ready…”

Hosting route
First-party API
Affected scope
Azure AI Foundry
Announced
Jun 24, 2026
First seen by ModelClock
Oct 15, 2026

What the provider published

inceptionlabs.ai ↗

Mercury 2 on Azure Foundry Mercury 2 is now available on Azure AI Foundry, combining Inception’s diffusion architecture with Azure’s enterprise-ready infrastructure for fast, production-grade AI. Entry date: 2026-06-24 Product

Mercury 2 on Azure Foundry Mercury 2 is now available on Azure AI Foundry, combining Inception’s diffusion architecture with Azure’s enterprise-ready infrastructure for fast, production-grade AI. Entry date: 2026-06-24 Product

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Release announced

Released on Feb 24, 2026

Inception announced this model on 2026-02-24.

Hosting route
First-party API
Affected scope
Not stated in the notice
Announced
Feb 24, 2026
First seen by ModelClock
Oct 15, 2026

What the provider published

inceptionlabs.ai ↗

Introducing Mercury 2 Today, we're introducing Mercury 2 — the world's fastest reasoning language model, built to make production AI feel instant. Entry date: 2026-02-24 Product

Introducing Mercury 2 Today, we're introducing Mercury 2 — the world's fastest reasoning language model, built to make production AI feel instant. Entry date: 2026-02-24 Product

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