Reflection's Beam is freely available on Ollama for a limited time
What changed
Reflection's Beam is freely available on Ollama for a limited time October 16, 2026 Reflection’s first open-weight model Beam is generally available as of this morning, and we’re day-zero partners rolling it out on Ollama for free (for a limited time only!). In collaboration with Reflection, Ollama’s Beam endpoint runs with full zero data retention (ZDR). Beam is released under Apache 2.0, giving developers the freedom to inspect, customize, and build on the model.
Why it matters
A concrete addition to Practical AI: Tools, Models & Frameworks: it changes what's available to builders today rather than being general commentary.
How it compares
Related prior coverage to compare against:
- Beam: Reflection's 501B open-weight model
- Reflection debuts Beam, an open-weight AI model to rival Chinese models at lower compute cost
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Sources
- Reflection's Beam is freely available on Ollama for a limited time (ollama-blog)primary