# Meta and Apple Launch Open-Weight AI Model for Desktops

> Meta and Apple release Muse Spark Open, an open-weight AI model running on Mac Studios with M5 Ultra chips.
- Title: Meta and Apple Launch Open-Weight AI Model for Desktops
- Summary: Meta and Apple release Muse Spark Open, an open-weight AI model running on Mac Studios with M5 Ultra chips. Meta and Apple launched Muse Spark Open, an…
- Keywords: muse spark open, meta, apple, mac studio, m5 ultra, open-weight model, ai model, coding, business, finance, Launch, Open-Weight
- Source: Pymnts — https://pymnts.com/partnerships/2026/meta-and-apple-bring-open-weight-frontier-model-to-desktops
- Author: PYMNTS
- Published: 2026-10-15T23:51:51+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: muse spark open, meta, apple, mac studio, m5 ultra, open-weight model, ai model, coding, business, finance
## Meta Introduces Muse Spark Open
Meta released Muse Spark Open, an open-weight AI model with 816 billion parameters and a one million-token context window.
## Model Runs on Mac Studios
Muse Spark Open excels at coding, complex software engineering and multi-step reasoning tasks on Mac Studios with M5 Ultra chips.
## Apple and Meta Collaborate
Apple CEO John Ternus praised Meta’s model for running efficiently on Mac Studios, calling it a breakthrough for on-device AI.

> Congrats to the team! Amazing to run a model of Muse Spark Open’s caliber and scale this efficiently, right from your desk. Mac Studio keeps pushing the boundaries of on-device AI!
## Cost and Impact
Two Mac Studios cost $40,000 to run Muse Spark Open, offering developers cheaper on-device AI than cloud rentals.
## Key takeaway

Meta and Apple launched Muse Spark Open, an open-weight AI model that runs on two Mac Studios with M5 Ultra chips for coding and complex tasks.