4 sources healthy · latest episode 9 Nov 2026
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The speaker observes that open-weight models appear to top out at approximately 100 billion active parameters.

Jamin Ball · Deep Dive: Anthropic S-1 Myths and Mythos — Jamin Ball, Altimeter · 7 Nov 2026

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“What's, I mean, what's interesting is it does feel like the open weight models are capping more around like 100 billion active parameters.”
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