K2 Horizon 0.9B is the family’s compact dense model. It supports up to 131,072 tokens with YaRN RoPE scaling and uses an additional on-policy distillation stage, which IFM calls MOPD, after pretraining, midtraining, and RL.
K2 Horizon 3.7B brings the dense architecture to a smaller scale while retaining a native context of 524,288 tokens. Its published training path uses separate math, code, and STEM-code RL experts, merges their weights, and then applies FTPO as a final training stage.
K2 Horizon 32B is the family’s large dense model, handling text in a native context of 524,288 tokens. Its documented training runs through pretraining, four midtraining stages, and two SFT phases, with the corresponding checkpoints released publicly.
K2 Horizon 375B-A23B is the largest model in IFM’s open fleet. Its MoE architecture combines 375 billion total parameters and activates 23 billion per token. IFM also releases intermediate checkpoints from pretraining, midtraining, reinforcement learning, and SFT, making several stages of its development available for study.
K2 Horizon 7B is a dense model with a 512K context for coding, reasoning, and multi-step tasks. After reinforcement learning, it receives an extra FTPO stage that the model card says is intended to reduce repetitive loops in long generations. The smaller 3.7B model follows a similar training path.
K2 Horizon MoVA 36B-A4B complements the dense 32B model with a sparse architecture. Mixture-of-Value Attention routes attention through experts, while roughly 4 billion of its 36 billion parameters are active per token.
Where does Institute of Foundation Models stand?
Models among the best 20 in the overall index
Anthropic5 models, 4 of them among the best ten
OpenAI5 models, 2 of them among the best ten
Google4 models, 2 of them among the best ten
Meta3 models, 2 of them among the best ten
DeepSeek1 models, 0 of them among the best ten
Moonshot AI1 models, 0 of them among the best ten
xAI1 models, 0 of them among the best ten
Institute of Foundation Models0 models, 0 of them among the best ten
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Frequently asked questions about Institute of Foundation Models
What K2 Horizon models are there?
The directory lists 6 K2 Horizon models from Institute of Foundation Models: 6 language models. It counts every model Institute of Foundation Models ever released, including retired ones. 6 are currently available, the newest being K2 Horizon 0.9B, K2 Horizon 3.7B and K2 Horizon 32B.
What is the latest K2 Horizon model?
K2 Horizon 0.9B, released on Sep 3, 2026. The timeline below shows every release by date.
Can I run K2 Horizon models locally?
Yes, 6 of the 6 models have open weights. Each model profile lists how much memory it needs.
Which K2 Horizon model is the fastest?
K2 Horizon 375B-A23B with 929 tokens per second according to Artificial Analysis. A typical model manages 98.
How large is the context window of the K2 Horizon models?
Up to 524,288 tokens (≈ 790 A4 pages), which 5 of the current models reach, including K2 Horizon 3.7B. Every model's value is in the model list.