Frontier model brief · Checked several times daily

The latest moves
in machine intelligence.

A signal-first view of the newest models from the labs shaping AI—what launched, what changed, and why it matters.

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No major launch signal is still a result: the refresh ran and the index stayed conservative.

Editorial check queue

Needs review.

These launches are visible on the radar, but at least one important field still needs stronger first-party confirmation before treating it as fully verified.

xAI12 Aug 2026

Grok 4.6

Keeps xAI’s rapid frontier-model cadence visible while full model-card, benchmark and pricing details remain to be verified.

Source is social-firstPricing not verifiedContext not verifiedAvailability unclear

Verified release stream

10 labs. 42 verified launches.

Only first-party announcements. No composite scores, rumours or leaderboard theatre.

42 releasesAll capabilitiesAll lifecycle stages
0117 Oct 2026

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017

ImpactMeaningful

Material model update, access expansion, pricing shift or comparable capability change.

LifecycleGA
Since 17 Oct 2026

DeepSeek’s October refresh of its V4.1 Flash model for fast reasoning and coding workloads.

ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsLinked
Source qualityProduct changelog

Release is backed by first-party product or API change documentation.

Strong source · 1 receipt
What changed
Developer capabilityAPI access
Why it matters

Keeps the Flash endpoint aligned with DeepSeek’s newest model revision.

GeneralCoding
0215 Oct 2026

Timestral

ImpactMeaningful

Material model update, access expansion, pricing shift or comparable capability change.

LifecycleGA
Since 15 Oct 2026

Mistral’s model family for time-series forecasting and temporal reasoning.

ContextunknownAccesstrackedWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelUnclearWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcement

Release is backed by the lab’s own announcement or newsroom post.

Verified source · 1 receipt
What changed
Model launch
Why it matters

Extends Mistral into native forecasting for operational and scientific data.

General
0315 Oct 2026

GPT-Live-1.1

ImpactMeaningful

Material model update, access expansion, pricing shift or comparable capability change.

LifecycleGA
Since 15 Oct 2026

OpenAI’s updated real-time voice model for responsive spoken interaction.

ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityFirst-party source

The release is linked to a source controlled by the releasing lab.

Verified source · 1 receipt
What changed
Capability expansionAPI access
Why it matters

Advances the live audio line with a newer safety-reviewed deployment.

GeneralMultimodal
0415 Oct 2026

GPT-Live-1.1 Quip

ImpactMeaningful

Material model update, access expansion, pricing shift or comparable capability change.

LifecycleGA
Since 15 Oct 2026

An expressive GPT-Live-1.1 variant for engaging real-time conversation.

ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityFirst-party source

The release is linked to a source controlled by the releasing lab.

Verified source · 1 receipt
What changed
Capability expansionAPI access
Why it matters

Adds a distinct live-audio personality variant with the 1.1 safety controls.

GeneralMultimodal
0514 Oct 2026

Grok Voice 3.0

ImpactMeaningful

Material model update, access expansion, pricing shift or comparable capability change.

LifecycleGA
Since 14 Oct 2026

xAI’s third-generation voice model for real-time spoken interaction.

ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsLinked
Source qualityProduct changelog

Release is backed by first-party product or API change documentation.

Strong source · 1 receipt
What changed
Capability expansionAPI access
Why it matters

Moves xAI’s voice stack to a newer generation in the official release notes.

GeneralMultimodal
0607 Oct 2026

Claude Haiku 5.5

ImpactMajor

High-signal launch with broad capability, access or platform-level implications.

LifecycleGA
Since 07 Oct 2026

Anthropic’s fastest small model for high-volume, cost-sensitive routing, summarization and subagent work.

ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPrice$0CheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingKnownDocsSource
Source qualityFirst-party source

The release is linked to a source controlled by the releasing lab.

Verified source · 1 receipt
What changed
Developer capabilitypricing visibleAPI access
Why it matters

Extends the Claude 5.5 family to real-time and high-volume workloads at sharply lower prices.

GeneralCoding
0706 Oct 2026

Mistral Large 4

ImpactMajor

High-signal launch with broad capability, access or platform-level implications.

LifecyclePreview
Since 06 Oct 2026

Mistral’s trillion-parameter, natively multimodal flagship preview for coding, agents and enterprise work.

ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusPreviewChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcement

Release is backed by the lab’s own announcement or newsroom post.

Verified source · 1 receipt
What changed
Capability expansionAPI access
Why it matters

Mistral’s largest model so far uses 49B active parameters and is intended for an open-weight release.

GeneralCodingMultimodal
0830 Sept 2026

Embed 5

ImpactMeaningful

Material model update, access expansion, pricing shift or comparable capability change.

LifecycleGA
Since 30 Sept 2026

Cohere’s frontier embedding family with Pro and Fast variants sharing one multimodal, multilingual space.

ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcement

Release is backed by the lab’s own announcement or newsroom post.

Verified source · 1 receipt
What changed
Capability expansionAPI access
Why it matters

Teams can index for quality and query for speed without rebuilding their corpus.

Multimodal
0929 Sept 2026

GPT-6.1 Sol

ImpactMajor

High-signal launch with broad capability, access or platform-level implications.

LifecycleGA
Since 29 Sept 2026

Near-Astra coding, computer-use and professional-work intelligence at one-fifth of Astra’s token price.

ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPrice$2 / $10CheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingKnownDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcement

Release is backed by the lab’s own announcement or newsroom post.

Verified source · 1 receipt
What changed
Capability expansionpricing visibleAPI access
Why it matters

Materially improves the cost-performance frontier for capable agents.

GeneralCodingMultimodal
1028 Sept 2026

Claude Sonnet 5.5

ImpactMajor

High-signal launch with broad capability, access or platform-level implications.

LifecycleGA
Since 28 Sept 2026

A faster, lower-cost Sonnet upgrade for everyday work, coding and polished document creation.

ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPrice$2 / $10CheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingKnownDocsSource
Source qualityFirst-party source

The release is linked to a source controlled by the releasing lab.

Verified source · 1 receipt
What changed
Capability expansionpricing visibleAPI access
Why it matters

Runs more than 30% faster than Sonnet 5 and costs up to 30% less for most work.

GeneralCodingMultimodal
1122 Sept 2026

GPT-6 Sol

ImpactMajor

High-signal launch with broad capability, access or platform-level implications.

LifecycleGA
Since 22 Sept 2026

OpenAI’s balanced GPT-6 tier for capable coding, computer use and professional work.

ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPrice$2 / $10CheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingKnownDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcement

Release is backed by the lab’s own announcement or newsroom post.

Verified source · 1 receipt
What changed
Capability expansionpricing visibleAPI access
Why it matters

Brings GPT-6 intelligence to everyday agents while halving API prices from GPT-5.6 Sol.

GeneralCodingMultimodal
1222 Sept 2026

GPT-6 Luna

ImpactMajor

High-signal launch with broad capability, access or platform-level implications.

LifecycleGA
Since 22 Sept 2026

OpenAI’s fastest and most economical GPT-6 tier for focused, high-volume workloads.

ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPrice$0CheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingKnownDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcement

Release is backed by the lab’s own announcement or newsroom post.

Verified source · 1 receipt
What changed
Capability expansionpricing visibleAPI access
Why it matters

Extends GPT-6 improvements to latency- and budget-sensitive applications.

GeneralCodingMultimodal
1322 Sept 2026

Claude Opus 5.5

ImpactMajor

High-signal launch with broad capability, access or platform-level implications.

LifecycleGA
Since 22 Sept 2026

Anthropic’s latest Opus model for long-running agentic coding and knowledge work, with always-on adaptive thinking.

Context1MAccessAPIWeightsclosedPrice$5/$25 to $4/$20 per million input/output tokensCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusGAChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingKnownDocsLinked
Source qualityLaunch announcement

Release is backed by the lab’s own announcement or newsroom post.

Verified source · 3 receipts
What changed
Model launchcontext signalpricing visibleAPI access
Why it matters

Improves substantially over Opus 5 while reducing standard token prices to $4/$20 and retaining a million-token context window.

GeneralCodingMultimodal
1421 Sept 2026

Grok 4.7

ImpactMajor

High-signal launch with broad capability, access or platform-level implications.

LifecycleGA
Since 21 Sept 2026

SpaceXAI’s new frontier model for coding, agentic tasks and knowledge work, with stronger long-horizon execution and self-verification.

Context500KAccessAPIWeightsclosedPrice$2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokensCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusGAChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingKnownDocsLinked
Source qualityLaunch announcement

Release is backed by the lab’s own announcement or newsroom post.

Verified source · 3 receipts
What changed
Model launchcontext signalpricing visibleAPI access
Why it matters

Moves Grok beyond 4.6 with a larger base model and sizeable gains on long-running coding and professional-work benchmarks while keeping the same standard API price.

GeneralCodingMultimodal
1515 Sept 2026

Gemini 3.8 Live

ImpactMeaningful

Material model update, access expansion, pricing shift or comparable capability change.

LifecycleGA
Since 15 Sept 2026

Google’s real-time Gemini model for low-latency multimodal conversation.

ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsLinked
Source qualityProduct changelog

Release is backed by first-party product or API change documentation.

Strong source · 1 receipt
What changed
Capability expansionAPI access
Why it matters

Adds a live interaction tier to the Gemini 3.8 family.

GeneralMultimodal
1615 Sept 2026

Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking

ImpactMeaningful

Material model update, access expansion, pricing shift or comparable capability change.

LifecyclePreview
Since 15 Sept 2026

A Gemini 3.8 Live variant combining real-time interaction with extended reasoning.

ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsLinked
Source qualityProduct changelog

Release is backed by first-party product or API change documentation.

Strong source · 1 receipt
What changed
Capability expansionAPI access
Why it matters

Brings deeper deliberation to Google’s low-latency live model line.

GeneralCodingMultimodal
1710 Sept 2026

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

ImpactMeaningful

Material model update, access expansion, pricing shift or comparable capability change.

LifecycleGA
Since 10 Sept 2026

DeepSeek’s smaller V4.1 model with native visual understanding and a higher-throughput architecture.

ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsLinked
Source qualityProduct changelog

Release is backed by first-party product or API change documentation.

Strong source · 1 receipt
What changed
Capability expansionAPI access
Why it matters

Raises coding and agentic performance while reducing inference cost and retiring the prior V4 Flash aliases.

GeneralCodingMultimodal
1809 Sept 2026

North Small Translate

ImpactMeaningful

Material model update, access expansion, pricing shift or comparable capability change.

LifecycleOpen weights
Since 09 Sept 2026

An open-weight mixture-of-experts translation model covering more than 50 languages.

ContextunknownAccessopenWeightsopenPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelWeightsWeightsOpenPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcement

Release is backed by the lab’s own announcement or newsroom post.

Verified source · 1 receipt
What changed
Weights openedopen weights
Why it matters

Provides a sovereign translation option for evaluation and deployment on controlled infrastructure.

Open weights
1903 Sept 2026

Lyria 3.5

ImpactMeaningful

Material model update, access expansion, pricing shift or comparable capability change.

LifecycleGA
Since 03 Sept 2026

Google DeepMind’s updated model for controllable music generation.

ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsLinked
Source qualityProduct changelog

Release is backed by first-party product or API change documentation.

Strong source · 1 receipt
What changed
Capability expansionAPI access
Why it matters

Advances Google’s dedicated generative-music model line.

Multimodal
2003 Sept 2026

GPT-6 Astra

ImpactMajor

High-signal launch with broad capability, access or platform-level implications.

LifecycleGA
Since 03 Sept 2026

OpenAI’s flagship GPT-6 model for demanding coding, computer-use, research and professional workloads.

ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPrice$10 / $50CheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingKnownDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcement

Release is backed by the lab’s own announcement or newsroom post.

Verified source · 1 receipt
What changed
Capability expansionpricing visibleAPI access
Why it matters

Establishes the top GPT-6 capability tier with a million-token context window.

GeneralCodingMultimodal
2102 Sept 2026

Gemini 3.8 Flash

ImpactMajor

High-signal launch with broad capability, access or platform-level implications.

LifecycleGA
Since 02 Sept 2026

Google’s latest low-latency Gemini tier for high-volume multimodal and agentic workloads.

ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsLinked
Source qualityLaunch announcement

Release is backed by the lab’s own announcement or newsroom post.

Verified source · 1 receipt
What changed
Capability expansionAPI access
Why it matters

Updates the Flash line with stronger everyday reasoning and tool use while preserving its speed-oriented position.

GeneralCodingMultimodal
2202 Sept 2026

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber

ImpactMeaningful

Material model update, access expansion, pricing shift or comparable capability change.

LifecycleLimited
Since 02 Sept 2026

A security-focused Gemini 3.8 Flash variant for authorized cyber defence and vulnerability workflows.

ContextunknownAccesstrackedWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelUnclearWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsLinked
Source qualityLaunch announcement

Release is backed by the lab’s own announcement or newsroom post.

Verified source · 1 receipt
What changed
Capability expansion
Why it matters

Adds a specialised security tier to Google’s newest Flash family with controlled access for higher-risk capabilities.

CodingMultimodal
2301 Sept 2026

Claude Mythos 5.1

ImpactMajor

High-signal launch with broad capability, access or platform-level implications.

LifecycleGA
Since 01 Sept 2026

Anthropic’s updated Mythos tier for frontier reasoning, coding and knowledge work.

ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityFirst-party source

The release is linked to a source controlled by the releasing lab.

Verified source · 1 receipt
What changed
Capability expansionAPI access
Why it matters

Updates the Mythos branch to the current first-party version.

GeneralCodingMultimodal
2401 Sept 2026

Claude Fable 5.1

ImpactMajor

High-signal launch with broad capability, access or platform-level implications.

LifecycleGA
Since 01 Sept 2026

Anthropic’s updated Fable tier for sustained frontier coding and demanding knowledge work.

ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsLinked
Source qualityProduct changelog

Release is backed by first-party product or API change documentation.

Strong source · 1 receipt
What changed
Capability expansionAPI access
Why it matters

Replaces the original Fable 5 entry with the current first-party model version.

GeneralCodingMultimodal
2526 Aug 2026

GLM-5.3-Flash

ImpactMajor

High-signal launch with broad capability, access or platform-level implications.

LifecycleOpen weights
Since 26 Aug 2026

Z.ai’s efficient GLM-5.3 variant for strong coding and agentic performance with lower compute.

ContextunknownAccessopenWeightsopenPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsOpenPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcement

Release is backed by the lab’s own announcement or newsroom post.

Verified source · 1 receipt
What changed
Weights openedopen weightsAPI access
Why it matters

Brings the 5.3 family to higher-throughput workloads while remaining openly available.

GeneralCodingMultimodalOpen weights
2621 Aug 2026

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp

ImpactMeaningful

Material model update, access expansion, pricing shift or comparable capability change.

LifecycleResearch
Since 21 Aug 2026

DeepSeek’s experimental V4 Flash variant with visual understanding.

ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsLinked
Source qualityProduct changelog

Release is backed by first-party product or API change documentation.

Strong source · 1 receipt
What changed
Capability expansionAPI access
Why it matters

Introduced native vision before the later V4.1 Flash production release.

GeneralCodingMultimodal
2714 Aug 2026

GLM-5.3

ImpactMajor

High-signal launch with broad capability, access or platform-level implications.

LifecycleOpen weights
Since 14 Aug 2026

Z.ai’s open-weight flagship for complex coding, long-horizon agents and advanced cyber reasoning.

Context1M contextAccessopenWeightsopenPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsOpenPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcement

Release is backed by the lab’s own announcement or newsroom post.

Verified source · 1 receipt
What changed
Weights openedcontext signalopen weightsAPI access
Why it matters

Improves Z.ai’s coding benchmark by 50% over GLM-5.2 using scaled post-training.

GeneralCodingOpen weights
2813 Aug 2026

MiniMax Music 3.0

ImpactMeaningful

Material model update, access expansion, pricing shift or comparable capability change.

LifecycleOpen weights
Since 13 Aug 2026

An open-weight model that composes, arranges, performs and produces complete songs.

ContextunknownAccessopenWeightsopenPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelWeightsWeightsOpenPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcement

Release is backed by the lab’s own announcement or newsroom post.

Verified source · 1 receipt
What changed
Weights openedopen weights
Why it matters

Targets coherent five-minute structure, expressive intent, realistic instruments and natural vocals.

MultimodalOpen weights
2913 Aug 2026

Gemini 3.7 Flash

ImpactMajor

High-signal launch with broad capability, access or platform-level implications.

LifecycleGA
Since 13 Aug 2026

Google’s latest Flash model is generally available in the Gemini API with improved multimodal and coding performance.

ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPricevisibleCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusGAChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingKnownDocsLinked
Source qualityFirst-party model card

Primary model documentation is available and linked from this brief.

Strong source · 2 receipts
What changed
Model launchpricing visibleAPI access
Why it matters

Moves the Flash tier forward from 3.6 to 3.7 and gives developers a newer low-latency default with an introductory price window.

GeneralCodingMultimodal
3012 Aug 2026

Grok 4.6

ImpactNeeds review

Potentially important, but source strength or availability still needs editorial confirmation.

LifecycleAnnounced
Announced 12 Aug 2026

xAI’s latest Grok model release, announced by SpaceXAI on X as the successor to Grok 4.5.

ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckreview
Availability
StatusNeeds checkChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsPending
Source qualitySocial-only source

Announcement is tracked, but needs stronger first-party model documentation.

Social-first · 1 receipt
What changed
Model launchAPI access
Why it matters

Keeps xAI’s rapid frontier-model cadence visible while full model-card, benchmark and pricing details remain to be verified.

GeneralCoding
3131 Jul 2026

MiniMax H3

ImpactMeaningful

Material model update, access expansion, pricing shift or comparable capability change.

LifecycleOpen weights
Since 03 Aug 2026

A general-purpose multimodal model that understands text, images, video and audio and generates video with stereo sound.

ContextunknownAccesstrackedWeightsopenPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelUnclearWeightsOpenPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcement

Release is backed by the lab’s own announcement or newsroom post.

Verified source · 1 receipt
What changed
Weights openedopen weights
Why it matters

Unifies multimodal understanding, generation and editing for commercial video workflows.

MultimodalOpen weights
3221 Jul 2026

Gemini 3.6 Flash

ImpactMajor

High-signal launch with broad capability, access or platform-level implications.

LifecycleGA
Since 21 Jul 2026

Google’s newest Flash model, tuned for token-efficient coding, knowledge work and multimodal tasks.

Context1M contextAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckInferred
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsLinked
Source qualityFirst-party model card

Primary model documentation is available and linked from this brief.

Strong source · 1 receipt
What changed
Capability expansioncontext signalAPI access
Why it matters

Pushes a fast model into long-horizon agents and computer-use workflows without Pro-tier pricing.

GeneralCodingMultimodal
3316 Jul 2026

Grok 4.5

ImpactMajor

High-signal launch with broad capability, access or platform-level implications.

LifecycleGA
Since 16 Jul 2026

A fast frontier model built around coding, agentic execution and professional knowledge work.

ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPrice$2 / $6 per 1MCheckInferred
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingKnownDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcement

Release is backed by the lab’s own announcement or newsroom post.

First-party source · 1 receipt
What changed
Developer capabilitypricing visibleAPI access
Why it matters

Pairs deep software-engineering ability with an advertised serving speed of 80 tokens per second.

GeneralCoding
3409 Jul 2026

GPT-5.6

ImpactMajor

High-signal launch with broad capability, access or platform-level implications.

LifecycleGA
Since 09 Jul 2026

A three-tier family: Sol for frontier work, Terra for balance and Luna for fast, efficient tasks.

ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckInferred
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcement

Release is backed by the lab’s own announcement or newsroom post.

First-party source · 1 receipt
What changed
Capability expansionAPI access
Why it matters

Brings stronger multi-agent work and programmatic tool coordination across ChatGPT, Codex and the API.

GeneralCodingMultimodal
3509 Jul 2026

Muse Spark 1.1

ImpactNeeds review

Potentially important, but source strength or availability still needs editorial confirmation.

LifecyclePreview
Since 09 Jul 2026

Meta’s multimodal reasoning model for agentic tasks, computer use, coding and rich media understanding.

Context1M contextAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckreview
Availability
StatusNeeds checkChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityNeeds review

Tracked on the radar while at least one comparable field awaits stronger source confirmation.

Editorial review · 1 receipt
What changed
Capability expansioncontext signalAPI access
Why it matters

Marks Meta’s return to frontier APIs with native multi-agent orchestration and active context management.

GeneralCodingMultimodal
3608 Jul 2026

Robostral Navigate

ImpactNeeds review

Potentially important, but source strength or availability still needs editorial confirmation.

LifecycleResearch
Since 08 Jul 2026

An embodied navigation model that follows language instructions using a single ordinary RGB camera.

ContextunknownAccessresearchWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckreview
Availability
StatusNeeds checkChannelResearchWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityNeeds review

Tracked on the radar while at least one comparable field awaits stronger source confirmation.

Editorial review · 1 receipt
What changed
New interface
Why it matters

Shows a compact model moving beyond screens into autonomous navigation across real environments.

EmbodiedMultimodal
3730 Jun 2026

Claude Sonnet 5

ImpactMajor

High-signal launch with broad capability, access or platform-level implications.

LifecycleGA
Since 30 Jun 2026

Anthropic’s fifth-generation Sonnet model for autonomous agents, coding, tool use and knowledge work.

ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPrice$2 / $10 introCheckInferred
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingKnownDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcement

Release is backed by the lab’s own announcement or newsroom post.

First-party source · 1 receipt
What changed
Capability expansionpricing visibleAPI access
Why it matters

Brings performance close to Opus 4.8 at a lower price, with stronger planning and long-running execution.

GeneralCodingMultimodal
3816 Jun 2026

GLM-5.2

ImpactMajor

High-signal launch with broad capability, access or platform-level implications.

LifecycleOpen weights
Since 16 Jun 2026

An open flagship model designed to hold context and execute over long software-engineering horizons.

Context1M contextAccessopenWeightsopenPriceunknownCheckInferred
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelWeightsWeightsOpenPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcement

Release is backed by the lab’s own announcement or newsroom post.

First-party source · 1 receipt
What changed
Weights openedcontext signalopen weights
Why it matters

Combines a stable million-token window with multiple reasoning-effort levels and openly released weights.

GeneralCodingOpen weights
3909 Jun 2026

North Mini Code

ImpactMajor

High-signal launch with broad capability, access or platform-level implications.

LifecycleOpen weights
Since 09 Jun 2026

Cohere’s first agentic coding model, built to run locally with a small active compute footprint.

Context256K contextAccessopenWeightsopenPriceunknownCheckInferred
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelWeightsWeightsOpenPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcement

Release is backed by the lab’s own announcement or newsroom post.

First-party source · 1 receipt
What changed
Weights openedcontext signalopen weights
Why it matters

Makes sovereign coding agents practical: 30B total parameters, but only 3B active at inference time.

CodingOpen weights
4009 Jun 2026

Claude Fable 5

ImpactMajor

High-signal launch with broad capability, access or platform-level implications.

LifecycleGA
Since 09 Jun 2026

Anthropic’s fifth-generation frontier model for sustained coding, science, vision and demanding knowledge work.

ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPrice$10 / $50 per 1MCheckInferred
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingKnownDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcement

Release is backed by the lab’s own announcement or newsroom post.

First-party source · 1 receipt
What changed
Capability expansionpricing visibleAPI access
Why it matters

Introduces a capability tier above Opus for complex, days-long and asynchronous tasks.

GeneralCodingMultimodal
4101 Jun 2026

MiniMax M3

ImpactMajor

High-signal launch with broad capability, access or platform-level implications.

LifecycleOpen weights
Since 01 Jun 2026

A natively multimodal frontier model for coding and agents, built on MiniMax Sparse Attention.

Context1M contextAccessopenWeightsopenPriceunknownCheckInferred
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsOpenPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcement

Release is backed by the lab’s own announcement or newsroom post.

First-party source · 1 receipt
What changed
Weights openedcontext signalopen weightsAPI access
Why it matters

Combines open weights, a million-token context window and long-horizon agentic execution in one model.

GeneralCodingMultimodalOpen weights
4224 Apr 2026

DeepSeek-V4

ImpactMeaningful

Material model update, access expansion, pricing shift or comparable capability change.

LifecycleGA
Since 24 Apr 2026

A new API generation offered as V4-Pro and V4-Flash, with both thinking and non-thinking modes.

ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckInferred
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsLinked
Source qualityProduct changelog

Release is backed by first-party product or API change documentation.

Strong source · 1 receipt
What changed
Developer capabilityAPI access
Why it matters

Keeps compatibility with both OpenAI- and Anthropic-style interfaces, lowering the cost of switching.

GeneralCoding

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“Latest” means the newest named model announcement we could verify from each lab’s own newsroom or documentation. Release dates reflect the original announcement, not later availability updates.

Claims are deliberately attributed to the releasing company. Benchmark results are not normalized across labs, so this index does not rank models or declare a winner.