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# Reflection AI releases Beam's open weights (Apache 2.0) with FP8/NVFP4 checkpoints, a DFlash2 drafter and Mirror CLI

Reflection (@reflection_ai), X, 2026-10-16.
Source: https://x.com/reflection_ai/status/2111079965529968798

## Why it matters

Official announcement that the promised Beam weights are out (~301k views).

## Summary

Posted Oct 16 13:01 UTC by Reflection (@reflection_ai); 301,377 views, 851 likes, 185 reposts when read via api.fxtwitter.com on 2026-10-17.

## Archived text

> Beam is now available across platforms, with open weights under the Apache 2.0 license - in collaboration with an ecosystem of 40+ partners.
> 
> We're releasing:
> - Weights, tokenizer, and reference implementation
> - BF16, FP8 and NVFP4 weights and a DFlash2 drafter
> - The open source harness we built and trained Beam on: Mirror CLI
> 
> Weights and model card on Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/reflection

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## Cited in

- 2026-10-05: [Reflection AI unveils Beam, a 501B-parameter Apache-2.0 open-weight MoE](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-05-reflection-beam-501b-open-weight/)