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Fireworks AI releases 7 new open models, challenging Claude Opus 5

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Fireworks AI has released seven new open models over the past two weeks, aiming to make specialized intelligence accessible. Among these, AIatMeta's Muse Spark Open reportedly outperformed Claude Opus 5 on a finance benchmark at a significantly lower cost. The releases also include models for low-cost agents, long agent tasks, and routing, alongside specialized models for finance, legal, coding, and document/image processing. AI

IMPACT These specialized open models could lower the barrier for developing AI applications in finance, legal, and coding, potentially increasing competition for larger proprietary models.

RANK_REASON Multiple new open models released by AIatMeta and others, with direct performance comparisons to established models like Claude Opus 5.

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Fireworks AI releases 7 new open models, challenging Claude Opus 5

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COVERAGE [4]

  1. X — Fireworks (inference infra) TIER_1 English(EN) · FireworksAI_HQ ·

    The standout: @AIatMeta's Muse Spark Open beat Claude Opus 5 on Rogo’s Big Finance Benchmark in our Specialized Intelligence Index, at about a fifth of the cost

    The standout: @AIatMeta's Muse Spark Open beat Claude Opus 5 on Rogo’s Big Finance Benchmark in our Specialized Intelligence Index, at about a fifth of the cost per task. Try them now: https://t.co/k7CBX4Aksk https://t.co/W8u0nVS84I

  2. X — Fireworks (inference infra) TIER_1 English(EN) · FireworksAI_HQ ·

    → Low-cost agents: MiniMax M3.1 Flash (@MiniMax__AI)

    → Low-cost agents: MiniMax M3.1 Flash (@MiniMax__AI) → Low-cost volume: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, plus an Ultrafast preview for speed → Long agent tasks: Step 5 Preview (@StepFun_ai) → Routing: Drex 2.0 (@NaceAI) Want to try Ultrafast? Join the waitlist: https://t.co/bOEOy…

  3. X — Fireworks (inference infra) TIER_1 Bahasa(ID) · FireworksAI_HQ ·

    Finance & Legal: Muse Spark Open (@AIatMeta)

    → Finance &amp; Legal: Muse Spark Open (@AIatMeta) → Coding and agentic tasks: Reflection Beam (@reflection_ai) → Documents and images: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (@nvidia) https://t.co/20WHa8i3rX

  4. X — Fireworks (inference infra) TIER_1 English(EN) · FireworksAI_HQ ·

    Our team has been racing to release 7 new open models on Fireworks over the last two weeks.

    Our team has been racing to release 7 new open models on Fireworks over the last two weeks. Each one shows how specialized intelligence is within reach for everyone. Here’s everything we released: https://t.co/rqaIs10571

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