Granite 4.0 Micro: developer identified as IBM

The OnAirToday AI Progress Tracker recorded a verified change to Granite 4.0 Micro (version granite-4.0-micro): Developer identified as IBM.

Granite 4.0 Micro is IBM’s compact, text-only language model for enterprise and developer applications, distributed with open weights under the Apache 2.0 license. It supports long-context text processing, retrieval-augmented generation and tool calling, while requiring application-specific evaluation and safeguards.

What changed in this review:

• Open-weight distribution under the Apache 2.0 license documented.

Teams building on Granite 4.0 Micro should confirm limits, pricing and benchmark coverage against the vendor's own documentation before relying on these figures.

The full profile — capabilities, benchmark citations, known flaws and risk guidance — is on the tracker at /ai-models/granite-4-0-micro.

References:

• https://huggingface.co/ibm-granite/granite-4.0-micro
• https://www.ibm.com/granite