We are partnering with **MiniMax** to bring MiniMax M2.7 to Lilac.

# Blog

Updates, thinking, and technical deep-dives from the Lilac team.

**[May 7, 2026] We're partnering with MiniMax to bring M2.7 to Lilac**  
We are partnering with MiniMax to bring commercially licensed MiniMax M2.7 access to Lilac.  
**[May 7, 2026] How to keep frontier open weights viable**  
Why Lilac supports open-weight licensing, and why commercial rights can help more frontier models stay open.  
**[May 1, 2026] Kimi K2.6 is live on Lilac**  
Kimi K2.6 is now available on Lilac with OpenAI-compatible chat completions, 262K context, cache-read pricing, and no commitments.  
**[April 27, 2026] Cache read pricing is now live on Lilac**  
Supported Lilac models now show lower cache read rates for repeated context, making long-context and agent workloads cheaper to run.  
**[April 8, 2026] Lilac is now self-serve — plus GLM 5.1 and Gemma 4 are live**  
No more waitlist. Sign up, grab an API key, and start running inference. GLM 5.1 is live at $0.90/M input, and Gemma 4 is live at $0.11/M input.  
**[April 8, 2026] GLM 5.1 Inference Benchmark**  
We benchmarked our GLM 5.1 endpoint against every GLM 5.1 provider listed on OpenRouter. Competitive throughput at the lowest per-token price in the comparison.  
**[March 25, 2026] How Idle GPUs Make Cheap Inference Possible**  
Lilac serves Kimi K2.6 inference on idle enterprise GPUs with OpenAI-compatible, pay-per-token shared endpoints.  
**[March 23, 2026] GPU Inference API Pricing Compared**  
A direct comparison of GPU inference API pricing across major providers. How idle GPU economics enable Lilac to offer lower per-token rates.  
**[March 16, 2026] The GPU Scarcity Paradox**  
The GPU shortage isn't what you think. The industry doesn't have a supply problem — it has a utilization problem masquerading as one.  
**[March 1, 2025] Introducing Lilac: Turn Idle GPU Capacity into Revenue**  
Most Kubernetes clusters run GPUs at 30-50% utilization. We built a single operator to change that.