# Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct — Removed — shutdown 2026-01-05

For Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct, provider is Together AI; lifecycle status is Removed; shutdown / retirement date is 2026-01-05; platform / deployment scope is Together AI serverless inference, recorded from its source on 2026-09-15.

- **Provider:** Together AI _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Model ID / API name:** Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Lifecycle status:** Removed _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Shutdown / retirement date:** 2026-01-05 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Platform / deployment scope:** Together AI serverless inference _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Recommended replacement:** MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3 _(per docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com, not stated by the source above)_

## What the source says

> | 2026-01-05                  | `Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct`                      | No                                         |

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Lifecycle status

> The table below lists all models removed from serverless inference, most recent first.

### Platform / deployment scope

> The table below lists all models removed from serverless inference, most recent first.

## Sources disagree

More than one authority states this, and they do not state the same thing. Both are reproduced with the source each came from.

### Provider

docs.together.ai says provider is **Together AI**, as of 2026-09-15.

> | 2026-01-05                  | `Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct`                      | No                                         |

Source: https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md

docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com says provider is **Nebius Token Factory**, as of 2026-09-16.

> | [`Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct`](https://tokenfactory.nebius.com/models/catalog/image2text/Qwen%2FQwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct)                      | [`MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3`](https://tokenfactory.nebius.com/models/catalog/text2text/MiniMaxAI%2FMiniMax-M3)                                     |

Source: https://docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com/august-2026-deprecation-notice.md


### Shutdown / retirement date

docs.together.ai says shutdown / retirement date is **2026-01-05**, as of 2026-09-15.

> | 2026-01-05                  | `Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct`                      | No                                         |

Source: https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md

docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com says shutdown / retirement date is **August 31, 2026**, as of 2026-09-16.

> | [`Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct`](https://tokenfactory.nebius.com/models/catalog/image2text/Qwen%2FQwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct)                      | [`MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3`](https://tokenfactory.nebius.com/models/catalog/text2text/MiniMaxAI%2FMiniMax-M3)                                     |

Source: https://docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com/august-2026-deprecation-notice.md


### Platform / deployment scope

docs.together.ai says platform / deployment scope is **Together AI serverless inference**, as of 2026-09-15.

> | 2026-01-05                  | `Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct`                      | No                                         |

Source: https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md

docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com says platform / deployment scope is **Nebius Token Factory serverless (dedicated endpoints unaffected)**, as of 2026-09-16.

> | [`Qwen/Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct`](https://tokenfactory.nebius.com/models/catalog/image2text/Qwen%2FQwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct)                      | [`MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3`](https://tokenfactory.nebius.com/models/catalog/text2text/MiniMaxAI%2FMiniMax-M3)                                     |

Source: https://docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com/august-2026-deprecation-notice.md


## Source

- https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md
- https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations
- https://docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com/august-2026-deprecation-notice.md

Last verified: 2026-09-15. Review by: 2026-10-15.
Part of [AI model deprecation and retirement dates by provider](https://referencesource.org/ai-model-deprecation-and-retirement/).