# K2 Horizon just shipped as six new fully open models -- developers aren't fully convinced

DevFeed: [K2 Horizon just shipped as six new fully open models -- developers aren't fully convinced](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/k2-horizon-just-shipped-as-six-new-fully-open-models-developers-aren-t-fully-convinced-8479.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://thenewstack.io/k2-horizon-fully-open/>)

Author: Adrian Bridgwater

Published: 2026-09-09T12:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [The New Stack](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-new-stack.md>)

Topics: [Open Source Models & Datasets](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source-models-datasets.md>), [foundation-models](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/foundation-models.md>), [Training AI Models](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/training-ai-models.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-models.md>), [developer-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-tools.md>), [foundation-models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/foundation-models.md>), [open](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [training](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/training.md>)

## AI overview

The Institute of Foundation Models introduced K2 Horizon, a six-model open-source foundation-model fleet. The article examines its promised release of training artifacts and notes that some data, code, checkpoints, and a final 32B model were not yet available at launch.

## Source excerpt

Based in the Emirati capital, Abu Dhabi, the Institute of Foundation Models (IFM) introduced K2 Horizon last week. This group The post K2 Horizon just shipped as six new fully open models -- developers aren't fully convinced appeared first on The New Stack.