Today, we are going all in on open source models

We started ​Okara​ with both open and closed models. But if we believe open source is the future, and everyone should have the right to privacy, we need to commit fully to open source.Open source has the talent, the innovation, and the momentum - but it needs champions. Okara is choosing to be that champion. Okara now uses only open source models.

What Okara DoesOkara is the interface open source AI deserves. We host the best open source models. You don't set up servers. You don't manage infrastructure. You just use the models. Switch between them mid-conversation. Compare outputs. Find what works for your task.The best AI models are already open source. Llama. Mistral. Qwen. DeepSeek. They match closed models in quality. In many cases, they're faster, cheaper and more flexible.

Why Open Source Will WinOpen source is built by thousands of researchers, developers, and organizations worldwide. More eyes. More experiments. More innovation. Open source has momentum. Every month, the gap closes. Every release, open models get faster and smarter.

1- GLM 4.6 and Minimax M2 are now on par with Sonnet-4 for coding tasks. 2- Kimi K2 is emerging as one of the best writing models. 3- Deepseek v3.2 cracked cheap long-context for LLMs. 4- Qwen 3-VL leads in vision tasks. 5- Qwen Image Edit leads in real image editing quality. 6- Qwen-235B-A22B is becoming the new general-purpose LLM. The economics favor open source. The control favors open source. The transparency favors open source. Closed AI had its moment. That moment is ending.

Why People Still Use Closed AINot because it's better. Because it's easier. Open source models are powerful. But using them is hard. You need infrastructure. You need to know which model to use. You need to manage deployments. Most people don't have time for that. So they default to Closed AI.

That's the only advantage closed AI has left: convenience. We're removing that advantage with Okara.

What This MeansEvery conversation on Okara proves open source works. Every company that adopts open models proves the future is already here. We're not waiting for open source to catch up. It already has. We're just making it obvious.

The MissionAI is too important to be controlled by three companies. Open source gives everyone access. Developers in countries where big tech doesn't operate. Companies that need data sovereignty. Researchers who need transparency. Individuals who value privacy.

The future where AI belongs to everyone, not a few corporations, is the future we're building.

Why NowThis is the inflection point. Open source models are good enough. They're getting better every month. In two years, using closed AI will feel like paying for proprietary software when free, better alternatives exist. The companies that move to open source now will have an advantage. The individuals who learn to use it will be ahead.

The future is open source. We're not predicting it. We're building it.