FrontierThe story, in brief
IFM Releases K2 Horizon: Six Apache 2.0 Models From 0.9B to 375B
IFM just shipped six open models at once—375B down to 0.9B—with the training data and evals. That's not how frontier labs usually move.
The KeyNews take
Why it matters
Open-weight model releases at scale, including a 375B flagship and sub-1B variants, with full training corpus transparency. Signals a new model of frontier lab distribution and reproducibility; practitioners can now benchmark and deploy across the entire size spectrum without vendor lock-in.
The key facts
6 to knowSix models released: 375B-A23B, 36B-A4B, 32B, 7B, 3.7B, 0.9B
Apache 2.0 license (permissive open)
Pre-training corpus released alongside
IFM founded by MBZUAI in May 2025
Includes benchmark tables and evals
Full size range from tiny to frontier-scale flagship
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Publisher excerpt: Most open model launches release one checkpoint and a benchmark table. The Institute of Foundation Models (IFM) released something wider last week. IFM is the frontier lab launched by MBZUAI in May 2025. K2 Horizon is a fleet of six models: 375B-A23B, 36B-A4B, 32B, 7B, 3.7B and 0.9B. Shipping…