AMD open-sources Instella 16B MoE with checkpoints from pretraining to RL
bronzeagepapi · x · 2026-07-25
AMD releases Instella 16B MoE as a fully open foundation model
AMD says Instella 16B MoE is its first MoE foundation model and its first built with FarSkip architecture.
- Checkpoints are published after every stage: pretraining, long-context, SFT, DPO, and RL.
- The team also released dataset details, training recipes, and code for reproducibility.
- The post frames this as a fully open release rather than a partial demo or teaser.
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