In a blog post last July, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that “selling access” to Meta’s openly available Llama AI models “isn’t [Meta’s] business model.” Yet Meta does make at least some money from Llama through revenue-sharing agreements, according to a newly unredacted court filing. The filing, submitted by attorneys for the plaintiffs in the […]
A court filing reveals that Meta shares a percentage of revenue generated by companies hosting its Llama AI models, despite CEO Mark Zuckerberg previously stating that selling access to Llama wasn't Meta's business model. This revenue sharing is significant in the context of the Kadrey v. Meta lawsuit, where Meta is accused of training Llama on pirated e-books and facilitating further infringement. Zuckerberg had mentioned the possibility of licensing Llama access and monetizing it through other channels. Meta's Llama host partners include AWS, Nvidia, Databricks, Groq, Dell, Azure, Google Cloud, and Snowflake. Meta is also reportedly considering launching a subscription service for Meta AI.
