According to CoinMeta, Reflection AI was established in New York and launched its first open-source model, Beam, aimed at performing coding and reasoning tasks. This model is seen as a competitive Western alternative to China's increasingly powerful AI system. Beam has 501 billion parameters, but only 23 billion of them are activated at any given time, with the goal of reducing computational costs and improving operational efficiency. The model is currently in the final security testing phase, and users can apply to use it through a waiting list. Reflection AI was founded in 2024 by former Google DeepMind researchers Misha Laskin and Ioannis Antonoglou; it has received support from investors including NVIDIA and Sequoia, with a financing valuation of $25 billion.