Inception winds down Mercury diffusion LLM API, deadline December 28
mathemagic1an · x · 2026-11-13
Diffusion-LLM startup Inception has emailed users that the Mercury API will be shut down after December 28, 2026, after which service and platform data become inaccessible. Poster mathemagic1an speculates a pivot or Windsurf-style acquihire, and laments that the text-diffusion research direction may be abandoned.
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