Reflection's Beam open-weight model draws attention with 501B parameters and 23B active per token

Reflection's new open-weight model Beam has 501B total parameters but activates only 23B per token, drawing wide discussion despite heavy hosting requirements.

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2026-11-02 14:00 · Towards Data Science
Reflection's Beam Is the New Open-Weight Model Everyone Is Talking About

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