US EditionMeta unleashes Llama API running 18x faster than OpenAI: Cerebras partnership delivers 2,600 tokens per second
- Meta unveiled the Llama API at its inaugural LlamaCon developer conference on April 29, 2025, in Menlo Park, California.
- Meta developed the API to offer faster, cost-efficient AI model inference amid growing competition from OpenAI, Google, and emerging rivals like DeepSeek.
- The Llama API runs on partner Cerebras’ specialized hardware, delivering speeds up to 2,648 tokens per second, approximately 18 times faster than OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
- Meta emphasized its open-model approach by allowing customers to transfer custom models and pledging not to use customer data for training its own models.
- This launch marks Meta's shift from solely providing open models to selling AI services, aiming to create new revenue streams and compete in a fast-growing AI inference market.
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IT Security News - cybersecurity, infosecurity newsMeta unleashes Llama API running 18x faster than OpenAI: Cerebras partnership delivers 2,600 tokens per second
Meta partners with Cerebras to launch its new Llama API, offering developers AI inference speeds up to 18 times faster than traditional GPU solutions, challenging OpenAI and Google in the fast-growing AI services market.
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