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Every AI model release, in order.

The model releases of the 13 ranked labs and the watchlist, newest first, with context windows and list prices. Pick a lab for its full history: features, outages, usage limits and prices too.

Major releases

New generations, flagships and open-weight models. Each lab's page has every model.

October 2026

  1. 17 Oct
    DeepSeekDeepSeek releases V4.1-Flash-1017 open-weight model and search APIsModels · Open-weight model · 1M context · $0.15 in / $0.60 out per 1M
  2. 15 Oct
    MetaMeta launches Muse Spark Open AI model with Apple Mac supportModels · Flagship model launch · 1M context
  3. 14 Oct
    MistralMistral publishes Timestral-123M time-series model on Hugging FaceModels · Open-weight model
  4. 12 Oct
    MetaMeta launches Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full agent modelsModels · Frontier-class model launch · 1M context · $4.00 in / $20.00 out per 1M
  5. 8 Oct
    MistralMistral publishes LIDstral Arabic language identification modelModels · Open-weight model
  6. 8 Oct
    MistralMistral publishes Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime Arabic on Hugging FaceModels · Open-weight model
  7. 7 Oct
    AnthropicClaude Haiku 5.5 launches on Amazon Bedrock and Claude Platform on AWSModels · New-generation model
  8. 6 Oct
    MistralMistral releases trillion-parameter open-weight model Le ChonkModels · Frontier-class model launch
  9. 6 Oct
    MistralMistral releases Mistral Large 4Models · Frontier-class model launch · 512K context · $0.68 in / $2.09 out per 1M
  10. 5 Oct
    AmazonGLM 5.3 from Z.ai launches on Amazon BedrockModels · Frontier-class model launch
  11. 5 Oct
    AmazonClaude Opus 5.5 and Sonnet 5.5 come to Bedrock in AWS GovCloudModels · Flagship model launch
  12. 5 Oct
    OpenAIOpenAI rolls out GPT-6 in ChatGPT with Intelligent UIModels · Frontier-class model launch · 1.05M context · $10.00 in / $50.00 out per 1M
  13. Oct
    GoogleNano Banana 2.1 releasedFrontier · 64K context · $1.50 in / $7.50 out per 1M

September 2026

  1. 29 Sep
    OpenAIOpenAI introduces dots, a proactive assistant for ongoing tasksModels · New product or feature
  2. 28 Sep
    AnthropicAnthropic introduces Claude Sonnet 5.5Models · New-generation model · 1M context · $2.00 in / $10.00 out per 1M
  3. 28 Sep
    OpenAIOpenAI says GPT-6 Astra completes tax workbook twice as fast as GPT-5.6 SolModels · New product or feature · 1M context · $4.00 in / $20.00 out per 1M
  4. 25 Sep
    MicrosoftMicrosoft launches new Copilot version with coding and editing featuresModels · Flagship model launch
  5. 24 Sep
    GoogleGoogle announces Gemini 4 Argon frontier modelModels · Frontier-class model launch · 1M context · $2.00 in / $10.00 out per 1M
  6. 23 Sep
    MetaMeta brings Muse to AI glasses and launches VR Glasses at Connect 2026Models · Security incident
  7. 22 Sep
    OpenAIOpenAI introduces GPT-6 Sol and Luna modelsModels · Frontier-class model launch · 1.05M context · $2.00 in / $10.00 out per 1M
  8. 22 Sep
    AnthropicAnthropic introduces Claude Opus 5.5Models · Frontier-class model launch · 1M context · $4.00 in / $20.00 out per 1M
  9. 21 Sep
    xAIxAI launches Grok 4.7Models · Frontier-class model launch · 500K context · $2.00 in / $6.00 out per 1M
  10. 17 Sep
    AlibabaQwen releases Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash multimodal agent modelModels · New-generation model · 1M context · $0.15 in / $0.47 out per 1M
  11. 14 Sep
    AlibabaAlibaba publishes Qwen-Image-2.1 on Hugging FaceModels · Open-weight model
  12. 9 Sep
    DeepSeekDeepseek releases V4.1-Flash multimodal modelModels · Open-weight model · 1M context · $0.15 in / $0.60 out per 1M
  13. 3 Sep
    OpenAIOpenAI releases GPT-6 Astra, calls it start of AGI eraModels · Frontier-class model launch
  14. 2 Sep
    MetaMeta releases Muse Spark 1.3, its most powerful AI model yetModels · Flagship model launch · 1M context · $1.25 in / $4.25 out per 1M
  15. 2 Sep
    GoogleGoogle launches Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash CyberModels · New-generation model · 1M context · $0.75 in / $3.75 out per 1M
  16. 1 Sep
    AnthropicAnthropic launches Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1Models · Flagship model launch · 1M context · $10.00 in / $50.00 out per 1M
  17. Sep
    AlibabaQwen3.8 Max Prime releasedFrontier · 1M context · $4.00 in / $12.00 out per 1M
  18. Sep
    Z.aiGLM 5.3 Prime releasedFrontier · 1M context · $2.80 in / $8.80 out per 1M
  19. Sep
    Z.aiGLM 5.3 FlashX releasedEfficient · 1M context · $0.37 in / $1.25 out per 1M

August 2026

  1. 31 Aug
    DeepSeekDeepSeek releases V4 Flash Vision experimental modelModels · Open-weight model
  2. 27 Aug
    AlibabaQwen releases Qwen-Drive-1.0-4B on Hugging FaceModels · Open-weight model
  3. 25 Aug
    Z.aiZ.ai open-sources GLM-5.3-Flash modelModels · Open-weight model · 1.25M context · $0.15 in / $0.50 out per 1M
  4. 14 Aug
    Z.aiZ.ai releases GLM-5.3 for frontier codingModels · Frontier-class model launch · 1.25M context · $1.40 in / $4.40 out per 1M
  5. 13 Aug
    GoogleGoogle launches Gemini 3.7 FlashModels · New-generation model · 1M context · $0.75 in / $3.75 out per 1M
  6. 13 Aug
    AlibabaAlibaba releases Qwen 3.8 models with open weightsModels · Open-weight model · 1M context · $0.42 in / $2.55 out per 1M
  7. 12 Aug
    DeepSeekDeepSeek ships improved V4 Pro and open-sources its agent softwareModels · Open-weight model · 1M context · $0.66 in / $1.98 out per 1M · retired
  8. 12 Aug
    xAIxAI releases Grok 4.6, matching GPT-5.6 Sol on intelligence indexModels · Frontier-class model launch · 500K context · $2.00 in / $6.00 out per 1M
  9. 10 Aug
    MetaMeta releases Muse Glimmer, first open model from Superintelligence LabsModels · Open-weight model
  10. 7 Aug
    MiniMaxMiniMax releases MiniMax-Music3 music generation model on Hugging FaceModels · Open-weight model
  11. 5 Aug
    MetaMeta introduces Muse Spark 1.2Models · Flagship model launch · 1M context · $1.25 in / $4.25 out per 1M
  12. 4 Aug
    MistralMistral launches Shieldstral open-weight moderation modelModels · Open-weight model
  13. 3 Aug
    AlibabaAlibaba announces Qwen3.8-Max flagship model with 2.4 trillion parametersModels · Frontier-class model launch · 1M context · $2.00 in / $6.00 out per 1M
  14. 1 Aug
    OpenAIOpenAI announces Astra, a next major model familyModels · Frontier-class model launch
  15. Aug
    MetaMuse Glimmer 30B releasedBalanced · 128K context
  16. Aug
    AlibabaQwen3.8 2.4T A95B releasedFrontier · 1M context · $2.00 in / $6.00 out per 1M

July 2026

  1. 31 Jul
    DeepSeekDeepSeek releases V4 Flash model on Hugging FaceModels · New-generation model · 1M context · $0.14 in / $0.28 out per 1M · retired
  2. 28 Jul
    MiniMaxMiniMax publishes MiniMax-H3 video model on Hugging FaceModels · New-generation model
  3. 25 Jul
    AnthropicAnthropic releases Claude Opus 5, tops Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexModels · Frontier-class model launch · 1M context · $5.00 in / $25.00 out per 1M
  4. Jul
    OpenAIGPT-5.6 Terra releasedBalanced · 1M context · $2.50 in / $15.00 out per 1M
  5. Jul
    OpenAIGPT-5.6 Luna releasedEfficient · 1M context · $1.00 in / $6.00 out per 1M
  6. Jul
    GoogleGemini 3.6 Flash releasedBalanced · 1M context · $0.75 in / $3.75 out per 1M
  7. Jul
    GoogleGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite releasedEfficient · 1M context · $0.30 in / $2.50 out per 1M
  8. Jul
    GoogleGemini 3.5 Flash Cyber releasedEnterprise · 1M context
  9. Jul
    xAIGrok 4.5 releasedFrontier · 500K context · $2.00 in / $6.00 out per 1M
  10. Jul
    AlibabaQwen3.7 Flash releasedEfficient · 1M context · $0.03 in / $0.13 out per 1M
  11. Jul
    MoonshotKimi K3 releasedFrontier · 1M context · $3.00 in / $15.00 out per 1M
  12. Jul
    TencentHunyuan Hy3 releasedFrontier · 256K context · $0.0825 in / $0.33 out per 1M

June 2026

  1. Jun
    AnthropicClaude Fable 5 releasedFrontier · 1M context · $10.00 in / $50.00 out per 1M
  2. Jun
    AnthropicClaude Mythos 5 releasedEnterprise · 1M context · $10.00 in / $50.00 out per 1M
  3. Jun
    AnthropicClaude Sonnet 5 releasedBalanced · 1M context · $2.00 in / $10.00 out per 1M
  4. Jun
    MoonshotKimi K2.7-Code releasedOpen · 256K context · $0.95 in / $4.00 out per 1M
  5. Jun
    Z.aiGLM-5.2 releasedFrontier · 1M context · $1.40 in / $4.40 out per 1M
  6. Jun
    MiniMaxMiniMax-M3 releasedFrontier · 1M context · $0.30 in / $1.20 out per 1M

May 2026

  1. May
    AnthropicClaude Opus 4.8 releasedFlagship · 1M context · $5.00 in / $25.00 out per 1M
  2. May
    GoogleGemini 3.5 Flash releasedBalanced · 1M context · $1.50 in / $9.00 out per 1M
  3. May
    GoogleGemini 3.1 Flash-Lite releasedLegacy · 1M context · $0.25 in / $1.50 out per 1M · retired
  4. May
    xAIGrok Build 0.1 releasedBalanced · 256K context · $1.00 in / $2.00 out per 1M
  5. May
    CohereCommand A+ releasedFrontier · 128K context · $0.30 in / $1.50 out per 1M

April 2026

  1. Apr
    OpenAIGPT-5.5 releasedFlagship · 1M context · $5.00 in / $30.00 out per 1M
  2. Apr
    OpenAIGPT-5.5 Pro releasedReasoning · 1M context · $30.00 in / $180.00 out per 1M
  3. Apr
    AnthropicClaude Opus 4.7 releasedLegacy · 1M context · $5.00 in / $25.00 out per 1M · retired
  4. Apr
    xAIGrok 4.3 releasedFlagship · 1M context · $1.25 in / $2.50 out per 1M
  5. Apr
    MoonshotKimi K2.6 releasedFlagship · 256K context · $0.95 in / $4.00 out per 1M
  6. Apr
    Z.aiGLM-5V-Turbo releasedBalanced · 200K context · $1.20 in / $4.00 out per 1M
  7. Apr
    Z.aiGLM-5.1 releasedReasoning · 1M context · $1.40 in / $4.40 out per 1M
  8. Apr
    MistralMistral Medium 3.5 releasedFrontier · 256K context · $1.50 in / $7.50 out per 1M

March 2026

  1. Mar
    OpenAIGPT-5.4 mini releasedEfficient · 1M context · $0.75 in / $4.50 out per 1M
  2. Mar
    OpenAIGPT-5.4 nano releasedEfficient · 1M context · $0.20 in / $1.25 out per 1M
  3. Mar
    xAIGrok 4.20 releasedReasoning · 2M context · $1.25 in / $2.50 out per 1M

February 2026

  1. Feb
    AnthropicClaude Opus 4.6 releasedLegacy · 1M context · $5.00 in / $25.00 out per 1M · retired
  2. Feb
    AnthropicClaude Sonnet 4.6 releasedLegacy · 1M context · $3.00 in / $15.00 out per 1M · retired
  3. Feb
    Z.aiGLM-5 releasedOpen · 1M context
  4. Feb
    MiniMaxMiniMax-M2.5 releasedBalanced · 204K context · $0.30 in / $1.20 out per 1M

January 2026

  1. Jan
    MoonshotKimi K2.5 releasedBalanced · 256K context · $0.60 in / $3.00 out per 1M · retired

2026, month not published

  1. AlibabaQwen3-Coder-Next releasedOpen · 256K context
  2. AlibabaQwen3.6-27B releasedOpen · 256K context
  3. Z.aiGLM-5-Turbo releasedBalanced · 200K context · $1.20 in / $4.00 out per 1M
  4. MiniMaxSpeech 2.5 releasedEnterprise · N/A context
  5. MiniMaxMusic 2.6 releasedEnterprise · N/A context
  6. TencentHunyuanImage 3.0 releasedOpen · N/A context

December 2025

  1. Dec
    Z.aiGLM-4.7 releasedOpen · 200K context · $0.60 in / $2.20 out per 1M
  2. Dec
    Z.aiGLM-4.7-Flash releasedEfficient · 128K context
  3. Dec
    Z.aiGLM-4.6V releasedBalanced · 128K context · $0.30 in / $0.90 out per 1M
  4. Dec
    Z.aiGLM-4.6V-Flash releasedEfficient · 128K context
  5. Dec
    MistralMistral Large 3 releasedFlagship · 256K context · $0.50 in / $1.50 out per 1M
  6. Dec
    MistralMistral Small 4 releasedBalanced · 256K context · $0.15 in / $0.60 out per 1M
  7. Dec
    MistralMinistral 3 14B releasedEfficient · 128K context
  8. Dec
    MiniMaxMiniMax-M2.1 releasedOpen · 204K context · $0.30 in / $1.20 out per 1M

November 2025

  1. Nov
    AnthropicClaude Opus 4.5 releasedLegacy · 200K context · $5.00 in / $25.00 out per 1M · retired
  2. Nov
    MoonshotKimi K2 Thinking releasedReasoning · 256K context · retired

October 2025

  1. Oct
    AnthropicClaude Haiku 4.5 releasedEfficient · 200K context · $1.00 in / $5.00 out per 1M
  2. Oct
    MiniMaxMiniMax-M2 releasedOpen · 204K context · $0.26 in / $1.02 out per 1M

September 2025

  1. Sep
    AnthropicClaude Sonnet 4.5 releasedLegacy · 200K context · $3.00 in / $15.00 out per 1M · retired
  2. Sep
    AlibabaQwen3-Max releasedFlagship · 256K context · $0.78 in / $3.90 out per 1M
  3. Sep
    AlibabaQwen-Plus releasedBalanced · 1M context · $0.26 in / $0.78 out per 1M
  4. Sep
    Z.aiGLM-4.6 releasedLegacy · 200K context · $0.60 in / $2.20 out per 1M

August 2025

  1. Aug
    OpenAIgpt-oss-120b releasedOpen · 128K context
  2. Aug
    OpenAIgpt-oss-20b releasedOpen · 128K context
  3. Aug
    OpenAIGPT-5 releasedLegacy · 400K context · $1.25 in / $10.00 out per 1M · retired
  4. Aug
    AnthropicClaude Opus 4.1 releasedLegacy · 200K context · $15.00 in / $75.00 out per 1M · retired
  5. Aug
    DeepSeekDeepSeek-V3.1 releasedLegacy · 128K context
  6. Aug
    Z.aiGLM-4.5V releasedLegacy · 131K context · $0.60 in / $1.80 out per 1M
  7. Aug
    MistralCodestral releasedEfficient · 256K context · $0.30 in / $0.90 out per 1M
  8. Aug
    CohereCommand A Reasoning releasedReasoning · 256K context

July 2025

  1. Jul
    GoogleGemini 2.5 Flash-Lite releasedLegacy · 1M context · $0.10 in / $0.40 out per 1M · retired
  2. Jul
    xAIGrok 4 releasedLegacy · 256K context · $3.00 in / $15.00 out per 1M · retired
  3. Jul
    AlibabaQwen3-Coder-480B-A35B releasedOpen · 256K context
  4. Jul
    MoonshotKimi K2 (Instruct) releasedOpen · 128K context · retired
  5. Jul
    Z.aiGLM-4.5 releasedLegacy · 131K context · $0.60 in / $2.20 out per 1M
  6. Jul
    Z.aiGLM-4.5-Air releasedEfficient · 131K context · $0.20 in / $1.10 out per 1M
  7. Jul
    Z.aiGLM-4.5-X releasedFlagship · 131K context · $2.20 in / $8.90 out per 1M
  8. Jul
    Z.aiGLM-4.5-Flash releasedEfficient · 131K context
  9. Jul
    MistralVoxtral Mini releasedEfficient · 32K context
  10. Jul
    CohereCommand A Vision releasedEnterprise · 128K context

June 2025

  1. Jun
    MiniMaxMiniMax-M1 releasedReasoning · 1M context · $0.40 in / $2.20 out per 1M

April 2025

  1. Apr
    OpenAIo3 releasedReasoning · 200K context · $2.00 in / $8.00 out per 1M
  2. Apr
    OpenAIGPT-4.1 releasedLegacy · 1M context · $2.00 in / $8.00 out per 1M · retired
  3. Apr
    MetaLlama 4 Maverick releasedFlagship · 1M context
  4. Apr
    MetaLlama 4 Scout releasedEfficient · 10M context
  5. Apr
    AlibabaQwen3-235B-A22B releasedOpen · 256K context
  6. Apr
    CohereEmbed 4 releasedEnterprise · 128K context · $0.12 in / N/A out per 1M

March 2025

  1. Mar
    GoogleGemini 2.5 Pro releasedLegacy · 1M context · $1.25 in / $10.00 out per 1M · retired
  2. Mar
    CohereCommand A releasedFlagship · 256K context · $2.50 in / $10.00 out per 1M
  3. Mar
    TencentHunyuan-T1 releasedReasoning · 64K context

February 2025

  1. Feb
    xAIGrok 3 releasedLegacy · 131K context · $3.00 in / $15.00 out per 1M · retired

January 2025

  1. Jan
    AlibabaQwen2.5-Max releasedLegacy · 32K context
  2. Jan
    DeepSeekDeepSeek-R1 releasedLegacy · 128K context
  3. Jan
    MiniMaxMiniMax-Text-01 releasedOpen · 4M context
  4. Jan
    MiniMaxMiniMax-VL-01 releasedOpen · 1M context

2025, month not published

  1. AlibabaQwen-Flash releasedEfficient · 1M context · $0.05 in / $0.40 out per 1M
  2. AlibabaQwen3-VL releasedOpen · 256K context
  3. MistralMagistral Medium releasedReasoning · 128K context · retired
  4. MistralMagistral Small releasedReasoning · 128K context · retired
  5. MistralDevstral Medium releasedBalanced · 256K context · $0.40 in / $2.00 out per 1M
  6. MistralDevstral Small releasedOpen · 256K context · $0.10 in / $0.30 out per 1M
  7. MiniMaxHailuo 02 releasedEnterprise · N/A context
  8. TencentHunyuan-TurboS releasedFlagship · 256K context · $0.11 in / $0.28 out per 1M
  9. TencentHunyuan-A13B releasedOpen · 256K context
  10. TencentHunyuan3D 2.5 releasedOpen · N/A context

December 2024

  1. Dec
    MetaLlama 3.3 70B releasedLegacy · 128K context
  2. Dec
    CohereCommand R7B releasedEfficient · 128K context · $0.0375 in / $0.15 out per 1M
  3. Dec
    CohereRerank 3.5 releasedEnterprise · N/A context · $2.00 per 1K searches in / N/A out per 1M
  4. Dec
    TencentHunyuanVideo releasedOpen · N/A context

November 2024

  1. Nov
    MistralMistral Large 2 releasedLegacy · 128K context · $2.00 in / $6.00 out per 1M
  2. Nov
    TencentHunyuan-Large releasedOpen · 256K context

October 2024

  1. Oct
    AnthropicClaude Haiku 3.5 releasedLegacy · 200K context · $0.80 in / $4.00 out per 1M · retired

September 2024

  1. Sep
    MetaLlama 3.2 90B Vision releasedLegacy · 128K context
  2. Sep
    MetaLlama 3.2 11B Vision releasedLegacy · 128K context
  3. Sep
    MetaLlama 3.2 3B releasedLegacy · 128K context
  4. Sep
    MistralPixtral 12B releasedOpen · 128K context · $0.15 in / $0.15 out per 1M

August 2024

  1. Aug
    CohereCommand R+ releasedLegacy · 128K context · $2.50 in / $10.00 out per 1M
  2. Aug
    CohereCommand R releasedLegacy · 128K context · $0.15 in / $0.60 out per 1M

July 2024

  1. Jul
    MetaLlama 3.1 405B releasedLegacy · 128K context
  2. Jul
    MetaLlama 3.1 8B releasedLegacy · 128K context

April 2024

  1. Apr
    MiniMaxabab6.5s releasedLegacy · 200K context · retired

2024, month not published

  1. Moonshotmoonshot-v1-128k releasedLegacy · 128K context · $2.00 in / $5.00 out per 1M · retired
  2. Moonshotmoonshot-v1-32k releasedLegacy · 32K context · $1.00 in / $3.00 out per 1M · retired
  3. Moonshotmoonshot-v1-8k releasedLegacy · 8K context · $0.20 in / $2.00 out per 1M · retired
  4. Moonshotmoonshot-v1-128k-vision-preview releasedLegacy · 128K context · $2.00 in / $5.00 out per 1M · retired
  5. Z.aiGLM-4-Plus releasedLegacy · 128K context · retired
  6. Z.aiGLM-4-9B releasedLegacy · 128K context · retired
  7. TencentHunyuan-Standard releasedBalanced · 256K context
  8. TencentHunyuan-Lite releasedEfficient · 256K context
  9. TencentHunyuan-Turbo releasedLegacy · 256K context · retired
  10. TencentHunyuan-Vision releasedBalanced · 32K context

From July 2026 each release links to its story on the Wire, dated to the day. Earlier releases come from our models catalogue, dated to the month.