Tier
Moderate
Headquarters
Palo Alto, CA, USA
Founded
2024
Flagship
Mercury
Models tracked
1
Artificial Analysis
Top intelligence
32.8
Artificial Analysis Index
Cheapest model
$0.38
blended /1M
Fastest output
1234
tokens / sec
Flagship
Inception’s top-scoring model on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.
Most intelligent model
Mercury 2
Released 2026-02-20
Intelligence
32.8
Coding
30.6
Math
—
In $/1M
$0.25
Out $/1M
$0.75
Speed t/s
1234
Benchmark breakdown
Models & benchmarks
Every Inception model on file — intelligence, coding, price, and speed.
| Model | Released | Intel | Coding | Math | In $/1M | Out $/1M | Speed t/s | Latency s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury 2 | 2026-02-20 | 32.8 | 30.6 | — | $0.25 | $0.75 | 1234 | 3.57 |
House strengths
Where Inception’s lineup over-indexes, averaged across its models.
Capability profile
Best value
Mercury 2
Most intelligence per dollar — 32.8 index at $0.38/1M blended.
87 index points per $1
Overview
A startup building diffusion-based language models (Mercury) aimed at very high generation speed.
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