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Upstage releases Solar Open 2

Solar Open 2 released — an MoE with 250B total / 15B active parameters per token, commercially usable under the Upstage Solar License

Why it matters

A phase-2 result of the independent foundation model program

Source — Primary sources first; secondary reports are labelled “Press”

Officialupstage.aihttps://www.upstage.ai/blog/ko/solar-open-2

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