Reka AI's omni-model Rho-1 handles text, images, video, and robot control in a single model

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Reka AI's omni-model Rho-1 handles text, images, video, and robot control in a single model

The Decoder · Oct 5, 2026, 6:26 PM UTC

Reka AI's Rho-1 is a 19-billion-parameter omni-model that processes and generates text, images, video, and robot control actions in a single neural network. Trained on 320 H100 GPUs in about three months, it uses a fraction of the compute today's top models need.…

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