- Singaporean’s AI startup Reka unveiled Reka Flash to challenge Google Bard.
- The multilingual model allegedly beats rivals in reasoning and QA.
- Reka aims to compete with tech titans as an ambitious upstart.
Reka unveils Reka Flash
California-based AI startup Reka unveiled a new multimodal, multilingual language model called Reka Flash this week, aimed at competing with offerings from OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google.
Founded by ex-researchers from DeepMind and Meta, including Singaporean chief scientist Yi Tay, Reka raised $58 million in 2023.
Their 21 billion parameters Reka Flash allegedly beats Google’s Bard and GPT-3.5 at reasoning, code generation, and QA.
AI startup challenges tech giants
Reka also launched a slimmed-down 7 billion parameter product called Reka Edge for on-device deployments. Both models cover 32 languages and are launching in beta.
Towering rivals in space, Reka and chief scientist Yi Tay are ambitious dark horses attempting to challenge AI capabilities from far larger tech giants.
Reka Flash and Edge represent efforts to differentiate through multilingualism and efficient edge performance – selling points to set Reka apart in an AI market dominated by existing players.
