Empirically grounded directory of 100 milestone AI models, developer runtimes, and agent systems across 20+ global AI verification sources with 5-point lifecycle date tracking.
| Rank | Release Date | Model & Lab | Category | Architecture | Score | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Oct 7, 2026 |
Claude Haiku 5.5
Anthropic
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Frontier Models & Flagships | High-Throughput Sub-Agent Transformer · Sub-Second Token Latency | 102.3 | Try → |
| #2 | Oct 7, 2026 |
d1-3B
Liquid AI
|
Open-Weights & MoE Engines | Liquid Neural Network (LNN) Dynamical Systems Transformer · 3B Params | 108.6 | Try → |
| #3 | Oct 7, 2026 |
d1-omni-600M
Liquid AI
|
Open-Weights & MoE Engines | Ultra-Compact Liquid Vision-Audio-Text Edge Architecture · 600M Params | 107.6 | Try → |
| #4 | Oct 7, 2026 |
pplx-embed-v2-late 0.6B
Perplexity
|
Agent Memory, Orchestration & Infra | Late-Interaction Contextual Embedding Transformer · 0.6B Params | 100.7 | Try → |
| #5 | Oct 7, 2026 |
pplx-embed-v2-late 9B
Perplexity
|
Agent Memory, Orchestration & Infra | Dense Late-Chunk Retrieval Representation Transformer · 9B Params | 101.6 | Try → |
| #6 | Oct 6, 2026 |
Mistral Large 4 Preview
Mistral AI
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Frontier Models & Flagships | Dense Multimodal Sovereign Transformer · Weights Planned Oct 27 | 92.0 | Try → |
| #7 | Oct 6, 2026 |
EmbeddingGemma 2
Google
|
Agent Memory, Orchestration & Infra | Dual-Encoder Open Vector Representation Model · Gemma 2 Backbone | 102.8 | Try → |
| #8 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Beam
Reflection AI
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Coding Agents & Dev Tools | Agentic Synthesis Execution Engine · Early Access / Weights Pending | 87.5 | Try → |
| #9 | Oct 5, 2026 |
pplx-decider-v1.1-27B
Perplexity
|
Open-Weights & MoE Engines | Open-Weights Autonomous Routing & Agent Arbitration Model · 27B Params | 98.1 | Try → |
| #10 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Interfaze 1 Lite
Interfaze
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Consumer Agents & Platforms | Multimodal Agentic Computer Action & GUI Control Model | 91.7 | Try → |
| #11 | Oct 3, 2026 |
Kolibri 1
Aleph Alpha
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Coding Agents & Dev Tools | European Sovereign Industrial Coding & Agent Verification Transformer | 83.6 | Try → |
| #12 | Oct 2, 2026 |
AstaBrief-8B
Allen Institute for AI
|
Frontier Models & Flagships | Open Scholarly Synthesis & Scientific CoT Reasoning Transformer · 8B Params | 84.9 | Try → |
| #13 | Oct 1, 2026 |
Clef
Cloudflare
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Consumer Agents & Platforms | Edge-Native Visual Perception & DOM Navigation Model | 76.3 | Try → |
| #14 | Oct 1, 2026 |
Clef-Flash
Cloudflare
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Frontier Models & Flagships | Sub-10ms Visual Embedding & Bounding Box Model on Cloudflare Edge | 75.9 | Try → |
| #15 | Oct 1, 2026 |
MAI-Voice-2.1
Microsoft
|
Multimodal, Video & Speech | Expressive Neural Speech Synthesis Architecture with Emotional Inflection | 76.8 | Try → |
| #16 | Oct 1, 2026 |
MAI-Voice-2.1-Flash
Microsoft
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Multimodal, Video & Speech | Ultra-Low Latency Conversational Voice Synthesizer (<120ms TTFB) | 76.4 | Try → |
| #17 | Oct 1, 2026 |
MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming
Microsoft
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Multimodal, Video & Speech | Real-Time Streaming Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) Engine | 76.5 | Try → |
| #18 | Oct 1, 2026 |
pplx-decider-v1-27B
Perplexity
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Open-Weights & MoE Engines | Open Decision Core Foundation Model · 27B Parameters | 81.7 | Try → |
| #19 | Oct 1, 2026 |
Strands Decider 2B
AWS / Strands Agents
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Consumer Agents & Platforms | Micro Decision-Making Agent Core for AWS Bedrock Runtimes | 75.8 | Try → |
| #20 | Oct 1, 2026 |
Pareto 26.10 Preview
Unbiased
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Frontier Models & Flagships | Dual-Phase Mathematical Search & Constraint Optimization Reasoner | 72.7 | Try → |
| #21 | Sep 30, 2026 |
Gemini 4 Argon
Google DeepMind
|
Frontier Models & Flagships | Next-Gen Argon Cluster Architecture · 2M Native Context · Multimodal Native | 74.8 | Try → |
| #22 | Sep 30, 2026 |
Embed 5 Pro
Cohere
|
Agent Memory, Orchestration & Infra | Dense Semantic Vector Representation Model for Enterprise Search | 73.8 | Try → |
| #23 | Sep 30, 2026 |
Embed 5 Fast
Cohere
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Agent Memory, Orchestration & Infra | Low-Latency High-Throughput Vector Embeddings for Real-Time RAG | 73.1 | Try → |
| #24 | Sep 30, 2026 |
pplx-embed-v2-context-9B Preview
Perplexity
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Agent Memory, Orchestration & Infra | Long-Context 64k Vector Representation Preview Transformer · 9B Params | 69.5 | Try → |
| #25 | Sep 29, 2026 |
GPT-6.1 Sol
OpenAI
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Consumer Agents & Platforms | Autonomous Screen-Direct Agent Transformer with Native Tool Runtime | 71.5 | Try → |
| #26 | Sep 28, 2026 |
Claude Sonnet 5.5
Anthropic
|
Coding Agents & Dev Tools | Next-Gen Sonnet Architecture · SWE-bench 62.4% Verified Benchmark | 68.4 | Try → |
| #27 | Sep 28, 2026 |
Eleven v4
ElevenLabs
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Multimodal, Video & Speech | Multi-Speaker Emotionally Responsive Generative Audio Architecture | 67.6 | Try → |
| #28 | Sep 28, 2026 |
Eleven v4 Turbo
ElevenLabs
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Multimodal, Video & Speech | Sub-90ms Conversational Voice Synthesizer for Real-Time Human Interactions | 67.3 | Try → |
| #29 | Sep 28, 2026 |
Holo4-35B-A3B
H Company
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Consumer Agents & Platforms | Sparse MoE Action Transformer · 35B Total (3B Active) · Computer Use | 72.1 | Try → |
| #30 | Sep 28, 2026 |
Holo4-30B-A3B
H Company
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Consumer Agents & Platforms | Dense-MoE Hybrid Action Architecture · 30B Params (3B Active) | 71.7 | Try → |
| #31 | Sep 28, 2026 |
Holo4-27B
H Company
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Consumer Agents & Platforms | Dense Computer Action Autoregressive Transformer · 27B Parameters | 71.4 | Try → |
| #32 | Sep 25, 2026 |
LongCat 2.5 Preview
Meituan
|
Coding Agents & Dev Tools | Long-Context 1M Token Repository Synthesis & Architectural Debugger | 54.9 | Try → |
| #33 | Sep 24, 2026 |
Sarvam Vision 2.1
Sarvam AI
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Multimodal, Video & Speech | Indic Multilingual Document OCR & Visual Layout Understanding Model | 55.5 | Try → |
| #34 | Sep 24, 2026 |
AuK
Tencent
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Multimodal, Video & Speech | High-Fidelity Neural Speech Model Supporting Polyglot Chinese Dialects | 55.7 | Try → |
| #35 | Sep 24, 2026 |
AuK Flash
Tencent
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Multimodal, Video & Speech | Ultra-Lightweight Real-Time Speech Synthesis Engine (<75ms Latency) | 55.5 | Try → |
| #36 | Sep 23, 2026 |
FLUX 3 Action DROID
Black Forest Labs
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Multimodal, Video & Speech | Physical World Video-Action Diffusion Transformer for Embodied Droid Control | 54.2 | Try → |
| #37 | Sep 23, 2026 |
FLUX 3 Action SO-101
Black Forest Labs
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Multimodal, Video & Speech | Compact Embodied Manipulation Diffusion Policy Model for Robotic Arms | 53.8 | Try → |
| #38 | Sep 23, 2026 |
Nemotron 3 Diarization
NVIDIA
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Multimodal, Video & Speech | Multi-Speaker Separation & Acoustic Diarization Transformer | 56.9 | Try → |
| #39 | Sep 22, 2026 |
GPT-6 Sol
OpenAI
|
Consumer Agents & Platforms | Flagship Deliberative Reasoning Engine with Integrated Agent Shell | 52.3 | Try → |
| #40 | Sep 22, 2026 |
GPT-6 Luna
OpenAI
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Frontier Models & Flagships | High-Throughput Cost-Efficient GPT-6 Tier ($0.40 / $1.60 per MTok) | 51.9 | Try → |
| #41 | Sep 22, 2026 |
Claude Opus 5.5
Anthropic
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Frontier Models & Flagships | Highest Intelligence Frontier Model · SOTA LMSYS Arena Elo 1420 | 52.4 | Try → |
| #42 | Sep 22, 2026 |
Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS
Google
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Multimodal, Video & Speech | Native Multimodal Text-to-Speech Engine with Dynamic Prosodic Modulation | 51.2 | Try → |
| #43 | Sep 22, 2026 |
Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS
Google
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Multimodal, Video & Speech | Ultra-Lightweight Real-Time Speech Synthesis Engine for Edge Devices | 50.9 | Try → |
| #44 | Sep 21, 2026 |
Grok 4.7
xAI
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Frontier Models & Flagships | Colossus-Trained Frontier MoE with Native Real-Time Grounding & Vision | 49.7 | Try → |
| #45 | Sep 20, 2026 |
Qwen-Image-2.1
Alibaba / Qwen
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Multimodal, Video & Speech | Bilingual Flow Matching Visual Generation Transformer · 20B Params | 49.9 | Try → |
| #46 | Sep 18, 2026 |
Qwen3.8-LiveTranslate
Alibaba / Qwen
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Frontier Models & Flagships | Simultaneous Streaming Speech & Text Machine Translation Model | 45.4 | Try → |
| #47 | Sep 18, 2026 |
Nemotron SEA-LION v4.8 120B A12B
AI Singapore
|
Open-Weights & MoE Engines | Southeast Asian Sovereign MoE Transformer · 120B Params (12B Active) | 45.6 | Try → |
| #48 | Sep 18, 2026 |
Nemotron SEA-LION v4.8 30B A3B
AI Singapore
|
Open-Weights & MoE Engines | Compact Regional Sparse MoE Transformer · 30B Params (3B Active) | 45.3 | Try → |
| #49 | Sep 17, 2026 |
Grok Voice Transcribe 2.0
xAI
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Multimodal, Video & Speech | Colossus-Optimized Multilingual Acoustic Transcription System | 40.7 | Try → |
| #50 | Sep 15, 2026 |
Gemini 3.8 Live
Google DeepMind
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Multimodal, Video & Speech | Real-Time End-to-End Conversational Multimodal Speech Architecture | 37.9 | Try → |
| #51 | Sep 15, 2026 |
Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking
Google DeepMind
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Multimodal, Video & Speech | Deliberative CoT Reasoning Integrated into Streaming Voice Modality | 37.9 | Try → |
| #52 | Sep 11, 2026 |
Scribe v2 Medical
ElevenLabs
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Multimodal, Video & Speech | HIPAA-Compliant Specialized Clinical Speech Transcription & Synthesis | 31.2 | Try → |
| #53 | Sep 10, 2026 |
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
DeepSeek
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Coding Agents & Dev Tools | Next-Gen MLA MoE Code Reasoner · Sub-150ms Token Latency | 32.2 | Try → |
| #54 | Sep 10, 2026 |
GigaChat 3.5 432B A28B Reasoning
Sber / ai-sage
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Frontier Models & Flagships | Sovereign Slavic Reasoning MoE · 432B Parameters (28B Active) | 29.9 | Try → |
| #55 | Sep 9, 2026 |
North Small Translate 1.0
Cohere Labs
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Frontier Models & Flagships | Compact Specialized Polyglot Machine Translation Architecture | 28.3 | Try → |
| #56 | Sep 9, 2026 |
AuK Speech Generation
Tencent
|
Multimodal, Video & Speech | High-Expressivity Multi-Speaker Audio Synthesis Foundation Model | 28.4 | Try → |
| #57 | Sep 8, 2026 |
GPT Image 2.5 Flare
OpenAI
|
Multimodal, Video & Speech | Diffusion-Autoregressive Hybrid Generative Vision Model | 27.5 | Try → |
| #58 | Sep 8, 2026 |
GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst
OpenAI
|
Multimodal, Video & Speech | In-Context Precision Visual Modification & Multi-Turn Image Refinement | 27.4 | Try → |
| #59 | Sep 3, 2026 |
GPT-6 Astra
OpenAI
|
Frontier Models & Flagships | Ultra-Dense Frontier Intelligence Model with Integrated Multi-Step Search | 22.2 | Try → |
| #60 | Sep 3, 2026 |
Lyria 3.5
Google
|
Multimodal, Video & Speech | High-Definition Generative Audio & Polyphonic Music Synthesis Transformer | 21.8 | Try → |
| #61 | Sep 2, 2026 |
Gemini 3.8 Flash
Google DeepMind
|
Frontier Models & Flagships | High-Speed Frontier Transformer · 1M Native Multimodal Context | 21.1 | Try → |
| #62 | Sep 2, 2026 |
Qwen3.8 Max 0902
Alibaba / Qwen
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Frontier Models & Flagships | Alibaba Flagship Frontier MoE Snapshot · 128k Context · LMSYS Elo 1385 | 21.1 | Try → |
| #63 | Sep 1, 2026 |
Claude Fable 5.1
Anthropic
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Coding Agents & Dev Tools | Narrative CoT Reasoning & Code Architecture Synthesis Engine | 20.1 | Try → |
| #64 | Sep 1, 2026 |
Claude Mythos 5.1
Anthropic
|
Frontier Models & Flagships | Restricted Enterprise Cyber Defense & Formal Verification Engine | 20.3 | Try → |
| #65 | Aug 28, 2026 |
Hy4 Preview
Tencent
|
Open-Weights & MoE Engines | Tencent Hunyuan 4 Foundation MoE Open Checkpoint · 380B Params | 17.7 | Try → |
| #66 | Aug 26, 2026 |
Qwen3.8 Flash Next
Alibaba / Qwen
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Open-Weights & MoE Engines | Ultra-High Throughput Open Weights Engine (>220 tok/sec on H100) | 16.2 | Try → |
| #67 | Aug 26, 2026 |
GLM-5.3 Flash
Z.ai
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Open-Weights & MoE Engines | High-Throughput Open Weights Coding Transformer · 32B Parameters | 16.2 | Try → |
| #68 | Aug 26, 2026 |
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe
Google
|
Multimodal, Video & Speech | Multilingual Automatic Speech Recognition Foundation Model | 15.1 | Try → |
| #69 | Aug 26, 2026 |
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live
Google
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Multimodal, Video & Speech | Sub-100ms Streaming Audio Transcription Architecture | 15.1 | Try → |
| #70 | Aug 20, 2026 |
FLUX Video Upscale
Black Forest Labs
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Multimodal, Video & Speech | Generative Spatial-Temporal Video Super-Resolution Architecture (4K/60fps) | 11.7 | Try → |
| #71 | Aug 18, 2026 |
GLM-5.3
Z.ai
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Open-Weights & MoE Engines | Flagship Sovereign Open Weights Architecture · 130B Parameters | 11.4 | Try → |
| #72 | Aug 14, 2026 |
Qwen3.8 27B
Alibaba / Qwen
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Open-Weights & MoE Engines | High-Efficiency Open Weights Vision-Language Foundation Model | 9.5 | Try → |
| #73 | Aug 13, 2026 |
Gemini 3.7 Flash
Google
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Coding Agents & Dev Tools | Google DeepMind High-Speed Code Generation & Automated Testing Model | 8.5 | Try → |
| #74 | Aug 13, 2026 |
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
DeepSeek
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Open-Weights & MoE Engines | High-Capacity MLA MoE Foundation Model · 671B Params (37B Active) | 9.2 | Try → |
| #75 | Aug 12, 2026 |
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B
Alibaba / Qwen
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Open-Weights & MoE Engines | Massive Open Sparse MoE Architecture · 2.4T Total Parameters (95B Active) | 8.8 | Try → |
| #76 | Aug 12, 2026 |
North Micro Vision Instruct
Cohere Labs
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Frontier Models & Flagships | Compact Visual Representation & Diagram Parsing Transformer | 8.0 | Try → |
| #77 | Aug 12, 2026 |
Grok 4.6
xAI
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Frontier Models & Flagships | Colossus-Trained Multimodal Reasoning Model with Real-Time Web Telemetry | 8.2 | Try → |
| #78 | Aug 11, 2026 |
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B
NVIDIA
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Open-Weights & MoE Engines | Sparse MoE Accelerated Foundation Model with TensorRT-LLM Integration | 8.2 | Try → |
| #79 | Aug 11, 2026 |
MAI-Code-1.1-Flash
Microsoft
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Coding Agents & Dev Tools | Lightweight Code Completion & Multi-File Inline Copilot Transformer | 7.7 | Try → |
| #80 | Aug 7, 2026 |
Wan 2.2 Animate 2 14B
Wan-AI
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Multimodal, Video & Speech | Open Video-to-Animation & Character Pose Diffusion Architecture · 14B Params | 6.9 | Try → |
| #81 | Aug 7, 2026 |
Grok Imagine Image 2.0
xAI
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Multimodal, Video & Speech | Photorealistic Visual Generation Engine with Unrestricted Creative Direction | 6.5 | Try → |
| #82 | Aug 4, 2026 |
FLUX 3
Black Forest Labs
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Multimodal, Video & Speech | Next-Gen Text-to-Video Diffusion Transformer with Cinematic Physics Simulation | 5.7 | Try → |
| #83 | Aug 2, 2026 |
Qwen3.8 Max
Alibaba / Qwen
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Frontier Models & Flagships | Flagship Sovereign Frontier MoE Transformer with Long-Horizon Agent Capabilities | 5.2 | Try → |
| #84 | Jul 31, 2026 |
K-EXAONE 2.0 750B A37B
LG AI Research
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Open-Weights & MoE Engines | Bilingual Korean-English Industrial MoE · 750B Parameters (37B Active) | 5.1 | Try → |
| #85 | Jul 31, 2026 |
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
DeepSeek
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Open-Weights & MoE Engines | Sub-Token Predictive Code Reasoning MoE with Ultra-Low Memory Footprint | 5.1 | Try → |
| #86 | Jul 28, 2026 |
GPT Transcribe
OpenAI
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Multimodal, Video & Speech | OpenAI Next-Generation High-Accuracy Whisper Successor Model | 4.1 | Try → |
| #87 | Jul 28, 2026 |
GPT Live Transcribe
OpenAI
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Multimodal, Video & Speech | Sub-80ms Chunked Real-Time Speech Recognition Engine | 4.1 | Try → |
| #88 | Jul 24, 2026 |
Claude Opus 5
Anthropic
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Frontier Models & Flagships | Previous-Generation Flagship Intelligence Architecture · Elo 1395 | 3.5 | Try → |
| #89 | Jul 24, 2026 |
Apertus v1.5 70B
Swiss AI Initiative
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Open-Weights & MoE Engines | Swiss Sovereign Open Weights Foundation Model · 70B Dense Transformer | 3.7 | Try → |
| #90 | Jul 24, 2026 |
Apertus v1.5 8B
Swiss AI Initiative
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Open-Weights & MoE Engines | Compact On-Device Sovereign Open Weights Transformer · 8B Params | 3.6 | Try → |
| #91 | Jul 21, 2026 |
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Google
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Frontier Models & Flagships | High-Throughput Multimodal Foundation Model with Sub-Second Response Times | 3.0 | Try → |
| #92 | Jul 21, 2026 |
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Google
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Frontier Models & Flagships | Sub-Billion Scale Low-Power Edge Multimodal Engine | 3.0 | Try → |
| #93 | Jul 16, 2026 |
Kimi K3
Moonshot AI
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Open-Weights & MoE Engines | Moonshot AI Open Weights Long-Context Reasoner · 2M Native Context | 2.6 | Try → |
| #94 | Jul 16, 2026 |
Mistral OCR 4.1
Mistral AI
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Multimodal, Video & Speech | Multimodal Sovereign Document Intelligence & Complex Table Extraction Model | 2.4 | Try → |
| #95 | Jul 13, 2026 |
Wan Dancer 14B
Wan-AI
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Multimodal, Video & Speech | Audio-Driven Choreographic Video Generation Diffusion Architecture | 2.2 | Try → |
| #96 | Jul 9, 2026 |
GPT-5.6 Sol
OpenAI
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Frontier Models & Flagships | Previous-Generation Flagship Reasoning Transformer | 1.8 | Try → |
| #97 | Jul 9, 2026 |
GPT-5.6 Terra
OpenAI
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Frontier Models & Flagships | Balanced Performance-Cost Enterprise Foundation Model | 1.8 | Try → |
| #98 | Jul 9, 2026 |
GPT-5.6 Luna
OpenAI
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Frontier Models & Flagships | High-Speed Frontier Transformer for Low-Latency Applications | 1.8 | Try → |
| #99 | Jul 8, 2026 |
GPT-Live 1
OpenAI
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Multimodal, Video & Speech | Initial Dedicated Conversational Speech-to-Speech API Release | 1.7 | Try → |
| #100 | Jul 8, 2026 |
Seedream 5 Pro
ByteDance
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Multimodal, Video & Speech | ByteDance Diffusion Transformer Generative Vision Model with Photorealistic Lighting | 1.7 | Try → |