Overview
Llama is meta’s open-weight large language model family, historically distributed as downloadable weights for self-hosting and third-party cloud deployment.
Recent Developments
- 2026-07-09: Meta launches paid muse-spark via meta-model-api — strategic pivot from open Llama to proprietary hosted frontier models (2026-07-10-meta-muse-spark-11-api-launch)
- Open-source Muse Spark variant promised but no release timeline; Alexandr Wang leads Superintelligence Labs closed-weight line
- Turkish and global startups built on Llama weights face API economics shift