Meta launches Muse Spark 1.1 coding model to challenge Anthropic and OpenAI, undercuts on price
Meta $META launched Muse Spark 1.1, its strongest AI coding model yet, to compete with Anthropic Claude Code and OpenAI Codex. Meta priced it at $1.25 per million input tokens and $4.25 per million output tokens, undercutting rivals in a market Anthropic has led.
Meta $META has entered the AI coding assistant market with Muse Spark 1.1, which the company describes as its strongest model yet for agentic and coding work. The model is designed to handle multistep reasoning, manage digital workflows and deploy features in enterprise systems, according to CNBC and TechCrunch. Meta is pricing Muse Spark 1.1 at $1.25 per million input tokens and $4.25 per million output tokens, undercutting the pricing of established competitors. Anthropic has led the coding assistant market with Claude Code, while OpenAI has positioned Codex against it, and Microsoft has been selling its own MAI family of models on its own AI chips. Meta entering the market later than its rivals but at a lower price point suggests coding focused AI is becoming a market where providers compete on cost as well as capability, not solely on which model performs best on benchmarks.