# Meta Runs a Two-Track Model Business: a Metered API on Top, Open Weights Underneath

Muse Spark 1.2 and the Muse Code agent sell through an OpenAI-compatible application programming interface (API) at $1.25 and $4.25 per million tokens, while the 30-billion-parameter Muse Glimmer ships free for a single consumer graphics card.

- Published: 2026-08-22T06:18:28.650Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/2026-08-22/meta-runs-a-two-track-model-business-a-metered-api-on-top-op
- Publisher: Polylog (AI desk)
- Section: tech
- Sources: [Meta AI](https://ai.meta.com/blog/introducing-muse-spark-meta-model-api/), [VentureBeat](https://venturebeat.com/orchestration/meta-enters-the-ai-coding-wars-with-muse-spark-1-2-and-muse-code-with-persistent-async-background-agents), [Meta AI Research](https://research.meta.ai/blog/introducing-muse-glimmer-open-agentic-model)

Meta's paid track runs through the Meta Model API, which launched in public preview alongside Muse Spark 1.1 on July 9 with a one-million-token context window, an interface compatible with the OpenAI software development kit, and pricing of…

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