SMRTR AIMar 12, 2026Daily.dev

Qwen has overtaken Meta’s Llama as the most-deployed self-hosted LLM

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Infrastructure platform Runpod analyzed its anonymized serverless deployment logs from over 500,000 developers to reveal actual AI model usage patterns, contradicting public narratives about AI adoption. The data shows that Alibaba's Qwen has overtaken Meta's Llama as the most-deployed self-hosted large language model, while Llama 4 shows near-zero adoption despite significant publicity. Production AI usage prioritizes performance per dollar and practical efficiency over marketing hype, with organizations focusing on optimization workflows rather than raw generation capabilities.

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