Inception

Pioneering AI company behind the first diffusion large language model (dLLM), Mercury, which runs 5-10x faster than traditional models while maintaining performance.

Total Models

2

Text Models

2

Active Period

Jun 2025 – Mar 2026

Developed Mercury, the world's first diffusion LLM (dLLM).

5-10x faster inference than traditional autoregressive models.

Backed by significant UAE sovereign investment.

Compare Inception Models

Inception: Mercury 2

Mar 2026

Mercury 2 is an extremely fast reasoning LLM and the first reasoning diffusion LLM (dLLM). Instead of generating tokens sequentially, Mercury 2 produces and refines multiple tokens in parallel, achieving over 1000 tokens per second on standard GPUs. Mercury 2 is 5x+ faster than leading speed-optimized LLMs like Claude 4.5 Haiku and GPT 5 Mini, at a fraction of the cost. Mercury 2 supports tunable reasoning levels, 128K context, native tool use, and schema-aligned JSON output.

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Inception: Mercury

Jun 2025

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.

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