14 days ago
- Fireworks AI's Fire Pass unlimited-token subscription for Kimi models has been sunsetted, with Version 3 under preparation.
- The initial $7/week phase offered unlimited tokens with Kimi K2.5 Turbo at high speeds, changing user behavior due to zero marginal costs.
- The subscription evolved to an invite-only $49/month plan with Kimi K2.6 Turbo, still undervalued for a 1T-parameter model.
- Using unlimited tokens enabled extensive exploration and iterative prompting, improving coding workflows and project management.
- Kimi models effectively handled routine tasks, refactoring, multi-file orchestration, and architectural reasoning, aiding technical debt cleanup.
- The unit economics were unsustainable, as power users could consume billions of tokens monthly, likely leading to inverted cost-to-revenue ratios.
- Dynamic rate limiting without concurrent request caps was a weakness, requiring throttling of some beta testers for fair usage.
- Fire Pass was minimally marketed, resembling an internal experiment that gained traction accidentally.
- Flat-rate unlimited access to frontier models is transformative but challenging to sustain, prompting similar experiments by other companies.
- The future viability of Fire Pass V3 depends on whether it can achieve sustainable long-term operation.