Meta
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At a glance
Meta AI
Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook, Inc.) operates the largest open-weights AI program in the industry through its Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) division, founded in 2013 and led by Turing Award winner Yann LeCun.
The Llama family
Meta's Llama series of open-weights models has shaped the open-source LLM ecosystem:
- LLaMA 1 (Feb 2023) — research-only release that leaked, sparking the open-LLM movement
- Llama 2 (Jul 2023) — first commercial open-weights release
- Llama 3 (Apr 2024) — 8B and 70B parameter sizes
- Llama 3.1 405B (Jul 2024) — first frontier-class open model
- Llama 4 Maverick (2025) — current flagship MoE architecture
Strategy
Meta has positioned open-weights as a competitive moat against closed-API rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic. By releasing weights freely, Meta:
- Commoditizes the underlying model layer
- Builds developer mindshare
- Avoids paying inference fees to a third-party
- Powers its own products (Meta AI in Instagram/WhatsApp/Facebook) at near-zero marginal cost
Compute investment
Meta announced US$60–65 billion in 2025 capital expenditure, much of it for AI infrastructure including its own MTIA training chips.
Latest activity
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Llama 3 released (8B and 70B)
Meta releases Llama 3 in 8B and 70B sizes under the Llama 3 Community License.
Releases timeline
Showing 9 most recent- Llama 3.3 70B
Meta Llama 3.3 70B — improved instruction-following.
- Llama 4 Maverick
High-performance multimodal model.
- Llama 4 Scout
Efficient multimodal model with 17B active parameters.
- Llama 3.2 11B
Multimodal 11B model from Meta supporting text and image inputs.
- Llama 3.2 3B
Small on-device model for edge and mobile deployments.
- Llama 3.1 405B
Meta's largest open-weights model, competitive with frontier closed models.
- Llama 3.1 70B
Updated 70B open-weights model with 128k context and improved tool calling.
- Llama 3 70B
Open-weights 70B model for high-quality general use.
- Llama 3 8B
Smaller open-weights Llama for on-device and cost-sensitive use.
Active models
- Llama 3 70BActive
Open-weights 70B model for high-quality general use.
128K ctx - Llama 3 8BActive
Smaller open-weights Llama for on-device and cost-sensitive use.
128K ctx - Llama 3.1 405BActive
Meta's largest open-weights model, competitive with frontier closed models.
128K ctx - Llama 3.1 70BActive
Updated 70B open-weights model with 128k context and improved tool calling.
128K ctx - Llama 3.2 11BActive
Multimodal 11B model from Meta supporting text and image inputs.
128K ctx - Llama 3.2 3BActive
Small on-device model for edge and mobile deployments.
128K ctx - Llama 3.3 70BActive
Meta Llama 3.3 70B — improved instruction-following.
- Llama 4 MaverickActive
High-performance multimodal model.
- Llama 4 ScoutActive
Efficient multimodal model with 17B active parameters.
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