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StepFun teases Step 5 Preview, a 600B/27B MoE, open weights coming Oct 15

StepFun announced Step 5 Preview, a 600B total / 27B active mixture-of-experts flagship model for agentic work with 1M context and vision, and said open weights will be released on Oct 15. StepFun claims the model delivers frontier-level performance across software engineering and professional knowledge work, with particular strength in finance, at substantially lower task cost at comparable intelligence. The company cited one agent action that coordinated 950 web fetches and said the model sustains execution over long horizons across software environments, web applications, 3D workflows and programmable hardware.

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StepFun teases Step 5 Preview, a 600B/27B MoE, open weights coming Oct 15
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StepFun on X: "Introducing Step 5 Preview: Advancing the Pareto Frontier. Step 5 Preview is our new flagship model for agentic work, delivering frontier-level performance across software engineering and professional knowledge work, with particular strength in finance.

  • 600B total / 27B active Mo… / X

StepFun on X: "Introducing Step 5 Preview: Advancing the Pareto Frontier. Step 5 Preview is our new flagship model for agentic work, delivering frontier-level performance across software engineering and professional knowledge work, with particular strength in finance.

  • 600B total / 27B active MoE, with 1M context + Vision
  • Substantially lower task cost at comparable intelligence
  • Broad software engineering capabilities with sustained execution over long horizons
Try Step 5 Preview: https://t.co/fC7HHlWKFn
Model page: https://t.co/4caJR2YGD3

Open weights on Oct 15."

Introducing Step 5 Preview: Advancing the Pareto Frontier. Step 5 Preview is our new flagship model for agentic work, delivering frontier-level performance across software engineering and professional knowledge work, with particular strength in finance.

  • 600B total / 27B active MoE, with 1M context + Vision
  • Substantially lower task cost at comparable intelligence
  • Broad software engineering capabilities with sustained execution over long horizons
Try Step 5 Preview: platform.stepfun.ai
Model page: stepfun.com/step-5-preview

Open weights on Oct 15.

Introducing Step 5 Preview: Advancing the Pareto Frontier. Step 5 Preview is our new flagship model for agentic work, delivering frontier-level performance across software engineering and professional knowledge work, with particular strength in finance.

  • 600B total / 27B active MoE, with 1M context + Vision
  • Substantially lower task cost at comparable intelligence
  • Broad software engineering capabilities with sustained execution over long horizons
Try Step 5 Preview: platform.stepfun.ai
Model page: stepfun.com/step-5-preview

Open weights on Oct 15.

Step 5 Preview works across software environments and sustains execution over long horizons. Its capabilities extend from software engineering and web applications to 3D workflows and programmable hardware. Over longer horizons, Step 5 Preview keeps track of prior results, usesShow more

Step 5 Preview is built for professional knowledge work — from large-scale research to structured analysis and interactive reporting. It coordinates research at scale and turns evidence into finished, auditable deliverables. In one agent action, it coordinated 950 web fetchesShow more

Finance is a particular focus for Step 5 Preview. Financial work has to stand up to scrutiny. We evaluate Step 5 Preview on its ability to identify and verify reliable information, reconcile differences across reports, make assumptions explicit, and produce internally consistentShow more

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