--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "1f5455c2c3bb5aca48383ac0e1e8241d554bda95fea56a56a161acf80d4710ea" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/1f5455c2?lang=en" title: "5 Person Team Builds $300k AI Model Matching Fable 5" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-10-14T16:37:37.000Z" category: "Open Source" topics: ["open-source","anthropic","llm"] source_urls: ["https://huggingnews.com/ai/5-person-team-builds-300k-ai-model-matching-fable-5-a66f8cd2","https://marketbrief.now/ai/5-person-team-builds-300k-ai-model-matching-fable-5-a66f8cd2","https://x.com/lyraxana/status/2110732706443067733","https://x.com/alexgetmancom/status/2110001044986163687","https://x.com/chetaslua/status/2110032565927329992","https://x.com/alexgetmancom/status/2110026235740909569","https://x.com/iruletheworldmo/status/2110296509703139329","https://huggingnews.com/ai/anthropic-deploys-claude-fable-55-to-partners-68a9b7ba"] summary: "A team of five developers built a $300,000 AI model called Ultramarine 1 Flash that matches Fable 5 performance and is 60x cheaper than competing frontier models, with weights set to be released in two weeks." --- # 5 Person Team Builds $300k AI Model Matching Fable 5 > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-10-14T16:37:37.000Z **Category:** Open Source **Topics:** open\-source, anthropic, llm ## Summary A team of five developers built a $300,000 AI model called Ultramarine 1 Flash that matches Fable 5 performance and is 60x cheaper than competing frontier models, with weights set to be released in two weeks\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Story source]()