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How much AI traffic on Vercel came from open-weight models in June 2026?

Open-weight models handled nearly a third of AI requests processed on Vercel's platform in June 2026, according to the reporting. That is a meaningful share for infrastructure that serves production applications rather than research demos, suggesting the shift extends beyond download counts into live, revenue-generating traffic.

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Chinese Open-Weight Models Now Beat US Models on Hugging Face Downloads

Chinese open models hit 41% of Hugging Face downloads this spring and now fill OpenRouter's top six, with Claude Opus 4.7 down at seventh.

Crashtech Editorial July 14, 2026 AI Business & Money

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