Nvidia-backed Reflection AI unveils its first open model, Beam. Could it be America’s best chance to compete with China?
The New York-based company already has deals with several U.S. government agencies, and billion-dollar compute agreements.
American AI startup Reflection AI has introduced its inaugural open-source model, Beam, which experts believe could position the U.S. as a strong contender in the global AI model race, currently dominated by China. The company, headquartered in New York City, claims Beam outperforms GLM-5.2, an open model from Beijing-based Z.ai, in benchmark tests.
This achievement is attributed to high-compute reinforcement learning, making Beam highly efficient in reasoning tasks while significantly reducing token costs and computational time.
