As I understand, only 27B is known to come out as open weight, Max and Plus are API-only anyway and it’s suspected that so is Flash. Makes sense tbh, they’ve established their position in the market, now it’s time to stop giving people better and better models they can run locally. It eats into their profits.
Max has always been API/proprietary. Plus has shifted between the 2, but could very well be API only. Flash the 120b parameter model was new in 3.8. Current king with strata, and I’d be surprised if it wasn’t open. 27b is what drove 5090 to $7000, though flash next is the real 3.8 king.
As I understand, only 27B is known to come out as open weight, Max and Plus are API-only anyway and it’s suspected that so is Flash. Makes sense tbh, they’ve established their position in the market, now it’s time to stop giving people better and better models they can run locally. It eats into their profits.
Max has always been API/proprietary. Plus has shifted between the 2, but could very well be API only. Flash the 120b parameter model was new in 3.8. Current king with strata, and I’d be surprised if it wasn’t open. 27b is what drove 5090 to $7000, though flash next is the real 3.8 king.