{"generated_at":"2026-11-12T18:49:27.401Z","source":{"name":"Hacker News public API","url":"https://github.com/HackerNews/API","attribution":"Stories and comments are public Hacker News submissions by their respective authors. HackerHub is an independent reader, not affiliated with Y Combinator.","content_is_untrusted":true},"story":{"id":50470335,"type":"story","title":"Inception's Diffusion LLM API Is Shutting Down","url":null,"hn_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50470335","hackerhub_url":"https://hackerhub.site/stories/50470335","author":"_matthew_","points":8,"comments_count":5,"created_at":"2026-11-12T16:51:58.000Z","average_comments_per_hour":2.5534084385242886,"heat":null,"text":"Sad to hear, but I got an email from hello@inceptionlabs.ai announcing the Mercury API that hosts their diffusion models is shutting down.\nNo blog post yet but I assume one is coming.\nHere is the full email:\n```\nHi,\nWe want to share an important update regarding the Mercury API. After careful consideration, we’ve made the decision to wind down the service. The Mercury API will remain fully available through December 28, 2026.\nAfter this date, you will no longer have access to the service or any data submitted to the platform. We encourage you to retrieve any necessary data before then. If you have questions or need assistance with the transition, please reply to this email. We’re happy to help.\nIt’s been a privilege building Mercury alongside customers like you. Your feedback and ideas have been invaluable in shaping the platform, and we’re deeply grateful for your support and trust.\nWarmly,\nThe Inception Team\n```\nAlso a shorter message on their discord from Yannis Miraoui:\n```\nHi everyone, API access to all Mercury models will end on December 28, 2026.\nMercury models will no longer be available from Nov 8 via OpenRouter.\nThank you for building with Mercury and for being part of this from the start!\nPlease contact us if you have any additional questions.\n```"},"heat_definition":"Average comments per hour since posting, using a minimum age of 30 minutes. A single story has no relative colour rank."}