What is Llama (Meta)?
Meta's Llama series (currently Llama 3.3 70B and Llama 4) are the most capable freely downloadable language models. Llama 4 Scout and Maverick deliver performance comparable to closed frontier models. Free for commercial use under Meta's license. The foundation of most open-source AI stacks.
Quick start
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Request access at llama.meta.com
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Download via Hugging Face
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Run locally with Ollama: ollama run llama3.3
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Or deploy on any cloud GPU instance
Use cases
→Fine-tuning on your own data
→Private LLM deployment
→Research and experimentation
→Cost-free inference at scale
Compatible models
Llama 3.3 70BLlama 3.2 11B (multimodal)Llama 4 ScoutLlama 4 Maverick
Why this matters for India
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Indian companies like Sarvam AI have fine-tuned Llama for Indian languages. A strong base for building Hindi/Tamil/Telugu AI applications.