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OpenRouter catalog lists bytedance-seed/seed-2-1-turbo (262k context)

A model ID named bytedance-seed/seed-2-1-turbo showed up in OpenRouter's public model-list API on 2026-08-21, listed at 262,144 tokens of context. This is a catalog observation only — no vendor announcement was checked or claimed, and the entry could be a test row, an alias, or a placeholder.

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OBSERVED2026-08-21
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  • Model ID: bytedance-seed/seed-2-1-turbo
  • Catalog display name: ByteDance Seed: Seed 2.1 Turbo
  • Context length as listed: 262,144
  • Source: OpenRouter public model-list API (https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models)
  • First observed: 2026-08-21
  • Not sourced from ByteDance; no announcement verified either way
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