EnCodec

Meta AI · 2022 · Audio Codec · USA

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A · App: No
B · Built By: Meta AI
C · CEO & Politics: Mark Zuckerberg — Centrist / shifted right 2024–26; accommodative of Trump admin; July 2026 WSJ op-ed on distributed superintelligence
D · Date: 2022
E · Expertise: Intermediate+
F · Free Tier: Yes
G · Generates: Text only
H · Deployment: Cloud + Local (open weights)
I · Inputs: Text
J · Jurisdiction: USA
K · Key Staffers: Alexandr Wang (Chief AI Officer, Meta Superintelligence Labs), Nat Friedman (MSL co-lead), Chris Cox (Chief Product Officer)
L · Languages: English-primary
M · Model Type: Audio Codec
N · Safety Issues: None reported
O · Open Source: Yes — open weights
P · Pricing: Free (open weights, MIT)
Q · AIDb Rating: [UNKNOWN]
R · What Makes It Special: Meta's EnCodec, a high-fidelity neural audio codec released as two multi-bandwidth models: a causal 24 kHz mono model trained on varied audio (1.5 to 24 kbps) and a non-causal 48 kHz stereo model trained on music (3 to 24 kbps), each paired with a language model that can compress the representation by up to 40% more without further quality loss.
S · Stock / Status: $752 (META, Sep 25, 2026)
T · Training Cutoff: [UNKNOWN]
U · Users: [UNKNOWN]
V · Voice Chat: No
W · Weights: Downloadable
X · X Handle: @AIatMeta
Y · Year Founded: [UNKNOWN]
Z · Bottom Line: Open-weights Audio Codec from Meta AI, released 2022.

Data completeness 85% · Last verified 2026-08-09 · Primary source ↗

“EnCodec.” AIDb — The AI Database. Verified 2026-08-09. https://theaidatabase.com/m/encodec.html