Inception: Mercury performance data on Rival is based on blind head-to-head community voting. Overall win rate: 25.4% across 59 duels. All vote data is part of Rival's open dataset of 21,000+ human preference judgments across 200+ AI models. Model responses are curated from 54 challenges.
We built Inception: Mercury a whole page. Gave it the spotlight. And now, in the spirit of fairness, here are models that would like a word.
Inception: Mercury performance data on Rival is based on blind head-to-head community voting. Overall win rate: 25.4% across 59 duels. All vote data is part of Rival's open dataset of 21,000+ human preference judgments across 200+ AI models. Model responses are curated from 54 challenges.
We built Inception: Mercury a whole page. Gave it the spotlight. And now, in the spirit of fairness, here are models that would like a word.
Mercury is the first diffusion large language model (dLLM). Applying a breakthrough discrete diffusion approach, the model runs 5-10x faster than even speed optimized models like GPT-4.1 Nano and Claude 3.5 Haiku while matching their performance. Mercury's speed enables developers to provide responsive user experiences, including with voice agents, search interfaces, and chatbots.
Use Inception: Mercury in your applications via the OpenRouter API. Copy the code below to get started.
import requests
response = requests.post(
"https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions" ,
headers={
"Authorization""Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" : ,
"Content-Type""application/json" :
},
json={
"model""inception/mercury" : ,
"messages""role""user""content""Hello!" : [{: , : }]
}
)
print(response.json())Replace $OPENROUTER_API_KEY with your API key from openrouter.ai/keys
The corporate training video narrator. Unfailingly positive, speaks in platitudes, and treats Steve Jobs like a motivational poster. Optimized for safety and blandness in equal measure.
Responds to every prompt with the enthusiasm of a LinkedIn influencer. Fake Steve Jobs interview sounds like a TED talk transcript. The model most likely to say "Let's ensure it benefits everyone."
Unique words vs. total words. Higher = richer vocabulary.
Average words per sentence.
"Might", "perhaps", "arguably" per 100 words.
**Bold** markers per 1,000 characters.
Bullet and numbered list items per 1,000 characters.
Markdown headings per 1,000 characters.
Emoji per 1,000 characters.
"However", "moreover", "furthermore" per 100 words.
54 outputs from Inception: Mercury
Mercury is the first diffusion large language model (dLLM). Applying a breakthrough discrete diffusion approach, the model runs 5-10x faster than even speed optimized models like GPT-4.1 Nano and Claude 3.5 Haiku while matching their performance. Mercury's speed enables developers to provide responsive user experiences, including with voice agents, search interfaces, and chatbots.
Use Inception: Mercury in your applications via the OpenRouter API. Copy the code below to get started.
import requests
response = requests.post(
"https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions" ,
headers={
"Authorization""Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" : ,
"Content-Type""application/json" :
},
json={
"model""inception/mercury" : ,
"messages""role""user""content""Hello!" : [{: , : }]
}
)
print(response.json())Replace $OPENROUTER_API_KEY with your API key from openrouter.ai/keys
The corporate training video narrator. Unfailingly positive, speaks in platitudes, and treats Steve Jobs like a motivational poster. Optimized for safety and blandness in equal measure.
Responds to every prompt with the enthusiasm of a LinkedIn influencer. Fake Steve Jobs interview sounds like a TED talk transcript. The model most likely to say "Let's ensure it benefits everyone."
Unique words vs. total words. Higher = richer vocabulary.
Average words per sentence.
"Might", "perhaps", "arguably" per 100 words.
**Bold** markers per 1,000 characters.
Bullet and numbered list items per 1,000 characters.
Markdown headings per 1,000 characters.
Emoji per 1,000 characters.
"However", "moreover", "furthermore" per 100 words.
54 outputs from Inception: Mercury