LaunchAI ModelsSeptember 25, 2026

Agate-001-preview: 260M-parameter open-weight image model

Agate-001-preview packs its text encoder into 260M total parameters and lands near SD 1.5 performance on the pareto frontier. Released under MIT license with open weights, using a novel thinker-renderer architecture.

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[NEW RELEASE] Agate-001-preview, 260M parameter (including text encoder), pareto frontier model with close to SD 1.5 performance. MIT licensed & open weight. Novel thinker-renderer architecture.reddit.com

Agate-001-preview: 260M-parameter open-weight image model

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