Inception: Mercury

inception/mercury

Created Jun 26, 202532,000 context

$0.25/M input tokens$1/M output tokens

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. Read more in the blog post here.

Inception: Mercury

inception/mercury

Created Jun 26, 202532,000 context

$0.25/M input tokens$1/M output tokens

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. Read more in the blog post here.

Sample code and API for Mercury

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