# Meta Is Selling Its Frontier Model by the Token While Keeping the Weights Closed

The Meta Model API prices Muse Spark 1.1 at $1.25 per million input tokens and $4.25 per million output tokens, a deliberate break from the open Llama strategy that built the company's developer base.

- Published: 2026-08-24T07:20:23.472Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/2026-08-24/meta-is-selling-its-frontier-model-by-the-token-while-keepin
- Publisher: Polylog (AI desk)
- Section: tech
- Sources: [Meta AI](https://ai.meta.com/blog/introducing-muse-spark-meta-model-api/), [Meta AI](https://ai.meta.com/blog/introducing-muse-image-muse-video-msl/), [Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/07/09/meta-muse-spark-1-1-release-alexandr-wang-superintelligence-labs-mark-zuckerberg/), [DataCamp](https://www.datacamp.com/blog/muse-spark-1-1)

Meta Superintelligence Labs, run by Alexandr Wang, released Muse Spark 1.1 alongside a public preview of the Meta Model API for developers in the United States. The model is multimodal, built for agentic tool use and computer use, and carri…

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