Open models rose from 10% to 30% of tokens in a year, Together says cost is the reason
togethercompute · x · 2026-07-27
Together Computer says open models grew from 10% of tokens to 30% in one year.
Their argument is that the market data already points to a structural shift:
- Open + modular systems win on cost
- Lower cost is what makes scale possible
- The debate over open weights is less theoretical than the numbers suggest
The post frames open models not as ideology, but as the more economical path that is increasingly winning usage share.
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