Reflection AI previews Beam, a 500B open model under Apache 2.0

Reflection AI says its Beam model, with a 500B form factor, combines strong agentic performance and efficient reasoning for enterprises, governments, and developers. Beam is in final red-teaming and will be released this month under an Apache 2.0 license, with quantized FP8 and NVFP4 versions for efficient deployment. Early access sign-ups are open on the company's platform.