How did Institute of Foundation Models K2 Horizon do on X?
Institute of Foundation Models posted the K2 Horizon launch from @IFM_AI on Sep 3, 2026. The post has 1,279,146 views, 2,003 likes, 363 reposts, 290 quotes and 180 replies, an engagement rate of 0.22%. It ranks #500 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Introducing K2 Horizon: a connected fleet of six foundation models ranging from 0.9 billion to 375 billion parameters. - Frontier performance: Across coding and agentic tasks, K2 Horizon delivers top-tier performance in every size class—with the 0.9B, 3.7B and 7B models setting new state of the art at their respective scales. - Radical openness: K2 Horizon represents the largest fully open-source model launch in AI history. The fully open code, training data and recipes are a significant step forward in transparency. Launch page: https://ifm.ai/k2/ Tech blog: https://ifm.ai/blog/k2 Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/collections/IFM/k2-horizon
- 7.3xthe median launch175K median views
- #500of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 242xits own following5,282 followers
- Views
- 1.3M
- Likes
- 2K
- Reposts
- 363
- Quotes
- 290
- Replies
- 180
- Bookmarks
- 1.3K
What would these views cost to buy?
At $100 per 1,000 views, the rate a brand pays an agency charging $100K for one million views, 1.3M views would cost $128K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $32K.
The post reached about 242 views for every follower of @IFM_AI.
What launched?
The Institute of Foundation Models introduced K2 Horizon, a connected fleet of six foundation models ranging from 0.9 billion to 375 billion parameters.
How does it compare with other launches?
Institute of Foundation Models K2 Horizon has more views than 82% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 7.3x the median launch's 175K views.
- Institute of Foundation Models K2 Horizon1.3M
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Institute of Foundation Models K2 Horizon | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 1.3M | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.22% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 242 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 290 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 9.8 | 14.2 |
Other Institute of Foundation Models launches we track: Institute of Foundation Models PAN 2 (2.1M views) and Institute of Foundation Models Jais 3 (41.7K views). All 3 Institute of Foundation Models launches, or every ai launch.
Against launches like it
A launch only means something against comparable ones. These are the groups it belongs to, and where it sits in each.
| Compared with | Launches | Median views | This one | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI launches | 1,462 | 263K | 4.9x | #311 |
| Accounts under 10K followers | 571 | 131K | 9.8x | #63 |
| Image launch posts | 620 | 143.1K | 8.9x | #99 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 7.3x | #500 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 5.3K followers, the post reached 242 times the account's following. Launches from accounts under 10K followers reach a median of 61 times their following, so this one went about 4.0 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 63 of 571 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 290 quote posts, 2.3 per 10,000 views against a median of 1.7. More people than usual added their own take, and a quote post is what carries a launch to audiences the account does not have.
The first line is "Introducing K2 Horizon: a connected fleet of six foundation models ranging from 0.9 billion to 375 billion parameters.". The post runs 87 words, against a median of 39 for launch posts here, and leads with an image: image launches have a median of 143.1K views, against 186.1K for the rest.
There is a link in the post. Launch posts with a link have a median of 160.8K views in the tracker.
It went out on a Thursday (UTC). Thursday launches have a median of 162.1K views; the strongest day is Tuesday at 192.3K.
Every comparison is against the 2839 launches in the tracker, read on Nov 14, 2026. Medians, not averages. See the state of launches on X for the full breakdown.
Questions about this launch
- What is Institute of Foundation Models?
- In its own words on X: "We create world-class foundation models that redefine what AI can do." Institute of Foundation Models posted the K2 Horizon launch from @IFM_AI on Sep 3, 2026.
- How many views did Institute of Foundation Models K2 Horizon get on X?
- 1,279,146 views. Institute of Foundation Models posted it from @IFM_AI on Sep 3, 2026, and the post has 2,003 likes, 363 reposts, 290 quotes, 180 replies and 1,258 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Institute of Foundation Models K2 Horizon a big launch on X?
- It ranks #500 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 82% of them and 7.3x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.22%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 1.3M views on X cost to buy?
- At $100 per 1,000 views, the rate a brand pays an agency charging $100K for one million views, 1.3M views would cost $128K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $32K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/institute-of-foundation-models-k2-horizon, read from the post on X on Nov 14, 2026. Free to cite with a link (CC BY 4.0). Get every launch as JSON.