# Meta launches Muse Ember to take on Claude Haiku and GPT-6 Luna

Source: [The New Stack](https://thenewstack.io/meta-muse-ember-launch/) · 2026-11-09 · Cloud & DevOps
Page: https://themorning.dev/story/meta-launches-muse-ember-to-take-on-claude-haiku-and-gpt-6-luna-d78b72f4534f8437
Kind: release · Impact: medium

## In brief

- Meta released Muse Ember on Monday, 2026-11-09, as the smallest and most cost-efficient model in its Muse family.
- Meta says Ember delivers more intelligence per dollar than Haiku 5.5 and GPT-6 Luna.
- Ember is priced at 10 cents per million input tokens and is multimodal.

## Why it matters

Ember is a low-cost option for high-volume and agent-execution workloads, so developers comparing model prices for these tasks now have another candidate.

## Versions

- Haiku 5.5

## Timeline

- 2026-11-09: Meta releases Muse Ember
- 2026-11-09: Muse Ember becomes available on Vercel AI Gateway

## Coverage

- [Meta releases Muse Ember, its smallest and most cost-efficient AI model yet, saying it delivers more intelligence per dollar than Haiku 5.5 and GPT-6 Luna (Russell Brandom/TechCrunch)](https://www.techmeme.com/261109/p35#a261109p35) — Techmeme, 2026-11-09
- [Meta releases Muse Ember, a new lightweight model for agent execution](https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/09/meta-releases-muse-ember-a-new-lightweight-model-for-agent-execution/) — AI News & Artificial Intelligence | TechCrunch, 2026-11-09
- [Meta launches Muse Ember to take on Claude Haiku and GPT-6 Luna](https://thenewstack.io/meta-muse-ember-launch/) — The New Stack, 2026-11-09
- [Muse Ember now available on AI Gateway](https://vercel.com/changelog/muse-ember-now-available-on-ai-gateway) — Vercel News, 2026-11-09

Tags: ai-models, meta, llm-pricing, agents, multimodal

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