New from The LangSmith Signal: Open-weight models are on the rise, and ready for production.
✅ 1 in 3 active teams ran an open weight model in July, up from 1 in 5 years ago.
✅ Teams running an open-weight model daily grew 9x YoY, while closed models usage grew 4.8x YoY.
open weights — A model whose trained parameters are published for anyone to download and run — unlike API-only models you can access but never possess.
Why it matters
Gives engineers real deployment-share numbers for open weightsA model whose trained parameters are published for anyone to download and run — unlike API-only models you can access but never possess.Full definition → vs closed models in production, which is otherwise mostly anecdote.
