New org mission: open weights, no matter what

README.md

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 # Vertex Research
 
-Welcome to **Vertex Research**. We build and release small, efficient, open weight AI models.
+**Open weights, no matter what.**
+
+Vertex Research exists for one reason: to make sure open weight models keep getting made. As frontier labs release fewer and fewer open models, we train our own — from scratch, fully open, Apache 2.0 — so that anyone can always download, run, study, and build on a model that nobody can take away.
+
+## Why
+
+The industry is drifting toward closed APIs. Weights that used to be published now stay behind endpoints. If that trend continues, the ability to run a model on your own machine — offline, private, forever — depends on groups that keep releasing weights anyway. We intend to be one of them.
 
 ## What we do
 
-Vertex Research is focused on training compact, efficient language models and sharing them openly with the community. Our goal is simple: models that are easy to run, easy to understand, and free to use.
+- Train compact language models from scratch and release every usable artifact: base, instruct, and reasoning variants, plus GGUF quantizations for llama.cpp.
+- Keep everything Apache 2.0. No gated downloads, no acceptance forms, no API-only releases.
+- Document what worked and what didn't, so others can train their own.
 
 ## Models
 
-
 | Model | Parameters | Status |
 |-------|------------|--------|
-| Vertex 0.6 100m Preview | 100M | Released |
-| Vertex 0.6 35m Preview | 35M | Released |
-| Vertex 0.1 10m | 10M | Released |
+| Vertex 0.6 100M | 100M | Released (base 1024–8192 ctx, instruct, GGUF) |
+| Vertex 0.6 35M | 35M | Released |
+| Vertex 0.1 10M | 10M | Released |
 
 More sizes and versions are on the way. Follow the org to stay updated.
 
 ## In training
 
-- Vertex 0.6 200m preview
-- Vertex 0.6 100m plus
+- Vertex 0.6 100M plus (annealed, benchmark-tuned)
+- Vertex 0.6 200M preview
+
+## Roadmap
 
-## Vertex 0.6 models to train
 (Top model is the next to train)
 
-- [ ] 200m preview
-- [ ] 10m
-- [ ] 50m
-- [ ] 100m
-- [ ] 35m
+- [ ] 200M preview
+- [ ] 15M (multi-turn chat focus)
+- [ ] 10M
+- [ ] 50M
 
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-*Vertex Research: small models, sharp edges.*
+*Vertex Research: small models, sharp edges, weights you keep.*