Qwen developer explicitly told users not to wait for the 35B-A3B model, a MoE design with 35B total and 3B active parameters?

Qwen developer explicitly told users not to wait for the 35B-A3B model, a MoE design with 35B total and 3B active parameters.

Speculation points to a potential 122B-parameter release or a complete roadmap shift, leaving the open-source community in limbo?

Speculation points to a potential 122B-parameter release or a complete roadmap shift, leaving the open-source community in limbo.

Enterprises relying on Qwen's open weights may need to reassess deployment costs and hardware requirements for a larger successor.

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r/LocalLLaMA August 18, 2026

⚡Qwen's dev hints the 35B-A3B isn't worth waiting for—what's next?

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Key Points

Qwen developer explicitly told users not to wait for the 35B-A3B model, a MoE design with 35B total and 3B active parameters.
Speculation points to a potential 122B-parameter release or a complete roadmap shift, leaving the open-source community in limbo.
Enterprises relying on Qwen's open weights may need to reassess deployment costs and hardware requirements for a larger successor.

Qwen's roadmap shift could alter open-source LLM choices for enterprises planning around cost-efficient MoE deployments.