Nvidia-backed Reflection AI has unveiled its first open-weight model, Beam, which it claims rivals top Chinese models at a lower compute cost.[8058372][8054376] The model uses 3x-4x less compute than comparable models, and nears Qwen 3.8-Max in terms of performance.[8054376] Reflection AI's open-weight model Beam is set to launch this month, with its weights expected to be released soon.[8058372] The move is seen as a response to the growing dominance of Chinese AI startups, with Reflection AI billing itself as America's answer to open-source Chinese AI.[8054376][7926147] Several Western open-weight models are set to launch this month, including Reflection AI's first model, which will rival top Chinese open-weight models.[7926147]