Inception: Mercury
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] (https://www.inceptionlabs.ai/blog/introducing-mercury) here.
Specifications
| Context Window | 128K |
| Modalities | text |
| Status | available |
| Category | third-party |
| Model ID | inception/mercury |
Quick Start
import OpenAI from 'openai'
const client = new OpenAI({
apiKey: process.env.HANZO_API_KEY,
baseURL: 'https://api.hanzo.ai/v1'
})
const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: 'inception/mercury',
messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Hello!' }]
})
console.log(response.choices[0].message.content)from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["HANZO_API_KEY"],
base_url="https://api.hanzo.ai/v1"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="inception/mercury",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)curl https://api.hanzo.ai/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $HANZO_API_KEY" \
-d '{
"model": "inception/mercury",
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
}'package main
import (
"context"
"fmt"
"os"
"github.com/sashabaranov/go-openai"
)
func main() {
cfg := openai.DefaultConfig(os.Getenv("HANZO_API_KEY"))
cfg.BaseURL = "https://api.hanzo.ai/v1"
client := openai.NewClientWithConfig(cfg)
resp, _ := client.CreateChatCompletion(context.Background(),
openai.ChatCompletionRequest{
Model: "inception/mercury",
Messages: []openai.ChatCompletionMessage{
{Role: openai.ChatMessageRoleUser, Content: "Hello!"},
},
},
)
fmt.Println(resp.Choices[0].Message.Content)
}More from Inception
Mercury 2 is an extremely fast reasoning LLM, and the first reasoning diffusion LLM (dLLM). Instead of generating tokens sequentially, Mercury 2 produces and refines multiple tokens in parallel, achieving >1,000 tokens/sec on standard GPUs. Mercury 2 is 5x+ faster than leading speed-optimized LLMs like Claude 4.5 Haiku and GPT 5 Mini, at a fraction of the cost. Mercury 2 supports tunable reasoning levels, 128K context, native tool use, and schema-aligned JSON output. Built for coding workflows where latency compounds, real-time voice/search, and agent loops. OpenAI API compatible. Read more in the [blog post](https://www.inceptionlabs.ai/blog/introducing-mercury-2).
Mercury Coder 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 Claude 3.5 Haiku and GPT-4o Mini while matching their performance. Mercury Coder's speed means that developers can stay in the flow while coding, enjoying rapid chat-based iteration and responsive code completion suggestions. On Copilot Arena, Mercury Coder ranks 1st in speed and ties for 2nd in quality. Read more in the [blog post here](https://www.inceptionlabs.ai/blog/introducing-mercury).
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