Meta has launched a paid Meta Model API featuring its Muse Spark 1.1 model, offering a 1 million token context window and competitive pricing. This marks a significant shift for Meta, which previously focused on distributing model weights for free. The new API is designed for developers, with compatibility for existing OpenAI and Anthropic SDKs, and claims superior performance on tool-use benchmarks compared to models like Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.5, though these claims are self-reported by Meta. AI
IMPACT Meta's entry into the paid API market with a high-context, tool-using model pressures competitors and offers developers a new hosting option.
RANK_REASON Frontier-lab model release with paid API access and benchmark claims. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=1 ai=1.0]
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