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Meta Launches Paid Muse Spark AI, Analysts Recommend Stock

4/29/2026

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Meta unveiled its new AI model Muse Spark, formerly codenamed Avocado, in early April.
The launch shifts Meta from free-open-source Llama models to a paid-access offering.
Analysts say the model must support Meta’s ad business and compete with Claude and Gemini.
Arena.AI ranks Meta behind Claude and Gemini in text but ahead of Claude in vision, prompting Citizens analysts to label the AI a “complementary good” and recommend buying the stock.

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Meta unveiled its new AI model Muse Spark, formerly codenamed Avocado, in early April.
The launch shifts Meta from free-open-source Llama models to a paid-access offering.
Analysts say the model must support Meta’s ad business and compete with Claude and Gemini.
Arena.AI ranks Meta behind Claude and Gemini in text but ahead of Claude in vision, prompting Citizens analysts to label the AI a “complementary good” and recommend buying the stock.