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Mercury
by Inception Labs · part of Inception Mercury · Text
Inception's general-purpose diffusion LLM, which writes whole blocks of text in parallel for very fast chat, reasoning and agents.
Latest version
Mercury 3Versions
4Typical gap
196 daysAll versions
| Version | Released | After previous | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury 3 | 19 Oct 2026 | 41 days | Latest | inceptionlabs.ai |
| Mercury 2.5 | 8 Sep 2026 | 196 days | Deprecated | inceptionlabs.ai |
| Mercury 2 | 24 Feb 2026 | 243 days | Deprecated | inceptionlabs.ai |
| Mercury | 26 Jun 2025 | First | x.com |
The Inception Mercury family
Questions
What is the latest version of Mercury?
Mercury 3, released on 19 Oct 2026.
When was Mercury 2.5 released?
Mercury 2.5 came out on 8 Sep 2026.
When was Mercury 2 released?
Mercury 2 came out on 24 Feb 2026.
When was Mercury released?
Mercury came out on 26 Jun 2025.
How often is there a new Mercury?
Over the last 12 months a new version came about every 196 days (the median gap). 4 versions have come out since Mercury in June 2025.