Molmo is a family of open multimodal AI models built by AI2.
It can take in images and text, understand what’s in the image, and even point to parts of it.
Molmo is fully open: weights, data, code all shared.
It closes the gap between open models and closed, proprietary ones.
Pricing & Access
Molmo is free and open source.
There’s no paid subscription, no API fees, no licensing cost.
You can download weights, data, and run it yourself.
Pros
Completely open: weights, code, data all released
Strong visual reasoning and pointing ability
More efficient: smaller models with good performance
Good choice for research, experiments, custom fine-tuning
Cons
No commercial support or dedicated API (yet)
May need hardware / compute to run larger variants
Usability and tooling might lag behind polished commercial systems
For real applications, more engineering needed
Monthly Visitors & Social Reach
Molmo AI records around 364,536 monthly visitors and maintains a strong community presence with 243,995 total social media followers.
Final Thought
Molmo (Ai2) is a bold move in open AI. It shows you don’t always need massive closed systems to get solid vision and multimodal reasoning.
Because it’s open, developers and researchers can adapt, experiment, and build without the usual restrictions.
It may lack polished APIs or enterprise polish for now, but for anyone who wants control and flexibility, Molmo is a powerful foundation. It’s a signal that open AI is catching up and in many ways, leading.
