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Llama 4

AI Assistantsv4 Scout

The Future of Open-Source AI

By MetaUpdated 2025-12-16Visit Website ↗

Overview

Native Multimodality: Built from the ground up to understand text, images, and video.

10M Token Context: Process entire codebases, books, or video libraries.

Mixture of Experts: Efficient architecture activating only relevant parameters.

Truly Open Source: Weights available for download, fine-tuning, and commercial use.

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Key Features

Understand and reason across text, images, and video natively.

Industry-leading context window for massive document processing.

Efficient Mixture of Experts design for optimal performance.

Available in Scout (17B), Maverick (128B), and Behemoth (400B+).

Download and run locally or fine-tune for your use case.

Free for commercial use with permissive licensing.

Real-World Use Cases

Enterprise Deployment

For

Companies need AI capabilities without cloud dependencies.

Example Prompt / Workflow

Research & Development

For

Researchers need to fine-tune models for specific domains.

Example Prompt / Workflow

Video Understanding

For

Media companies need to analyze and index video content.

Example Prompt / Workflow

Code Generation

For

Development teams need AI-assisted coding.

Example Prompt / Workflow

Frequently Asked Questions

Pricing

Model: Open Source

Open Source

Free
  • Full model weights
  • Commercial license
  • Community support

Meta AI

Free
  • Hosted access via meta.ai
  • No setup required
  • Basic features

Cloud Providers

Varies
  • AWS, Azure, GCP hosting
  • Managed infrastructure
  • Enterprise support

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Truly open source with commercial license
  • Industry-leading 10M context window
  • Native multimodal capabilities
  • Multiple size options
  • Self-hosting possible

Cons

  • Requires significant compute for larger models
  • Setup complexity for self-hosting
  • Community support only for open source
  • Some features still in development

Quick Start

1

Choose Your Path

Use Meta AI for quick access or download weights for self-hosting.

2

Select Model Size

Choose Scout (17B), Maverick (128B), or Behemoth (400B+) based on needs.

3

Deploy

Use cloud providers or set up local infrastructure.

4

Fine-tune

Customize the model for your specific use case.

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