The model

KTwo Crust 1 Beta

ktwo-crust-1-beta

Contour study of K2’s summit pyramid, stylized and drawn live. Point at the map to trace one elevation.

A compact frontier model, multimodal from the ground up, that trains itself natively. It is the first model in the world to do so.

Parameters
9B
Compact by frontier standards, which keeps it quick to serve and inexpensive to run.
Modality
Native multimodal
One model, trained across modalities from the start. Nothing bolted on afterwards.
Training
Trains itself, natively
The first model in the world to do so.
Availability
Private beta
By invitation. Not publicly available.
API ID
ktwo-crust-1-beta
Priced per million tokens: see Pricing.

Further reading: What is a self-training AI model? · Natively multimodal models, explained · Why 9B? The case for compact AI models