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LLM releases in 2026

184 tracked releases · 11 milestones · Agentic systems

Milestones

Dated events that mattered without being model releases.

  1. OCOpenClawOpenClawJanuary 29, 2026
  2. NRHermes AgentNous ResearchFebruary 25, 2026
  3. Grok BuildxAIMay 14, 2026
  4. Kimi Code CLI rewritten and re-releasedMoonshot AIMay 26, 2026
  5. MiniMax CodeMiniMaxMay 29, 2026
  6. ZCodeZhipu AIJuly 1, 2026
  7. Grok BotxAIAugust 11, 2026
  8. DeepSeek Harness developer previewDeepSeekAugust 13, 2026
  9. SASakana Fugu Max and Fugu Ultra v2Sakana AISeptember 11, 2026
  10. TSTypeSafe AI introduces System One models with JevTypeSafe AISeptember 15, 2026
  11. OpenAI dotsOpenAISeptember 29, 2026

January 2026

  1. GLM-ImageZhipu AIText inputImage outputJanuary 14, 2026
  2. GLM-4.7-FlashZhipu AIText in and outJanuary 19, 2026
  3. MiniMax Speech 2.8MiniMaxJanuary 23, 2026
  4. Qwen3-Max-ThinkingAlibaba QwenText in and outJanuary 23, 2026
  5. Grok Imagine VideoxAIJanuary 28, 2026

February 2026

  1. Qwen3-Coder-NextAlibaba QwenText in and outFebruary 2, 2026
  2. GLM-OCRZhipu AIImage inputText outputFebruary 3, 2026
  3. Claude Opus 4.6AnthropicText in and outImage inputFebruary 5, 2026
  4. GPT-5.3-CodexOpenAIText in and outImage inputFebruary 5, 2026
  5. GLM-5Zhipu AIText in and outFebruary 12, 2026
  6. Seedance 2.0ByteDanceFebruary 12, 2026
  7. Seedream 5.0 LiteByteDanceFebruary 13, 2026
  8. Qwen3.5-397B-A17BAlibaba QwenText in and outFebruary 14, 2026
  9. Seed2.0ByteDanceFebruary 14, 2026
  10. Claude Sonnet 4.6AnthropicText in and outImage inputFebruary 17, 2026
  11. Nano Banana 2Google DeepMindText in and outFebruary 26, 2026

March 2026

  1. Grok 4.20xAIMarch, 2026
  2. Grok 4.20 Multi-agentxAIMarch, 2026
  3. GPT-5.4OpenAIText in and outImage inputMarch 5, 2026
  4. Nemotron 3 SuperNVIDIAMarch 11, 2026
  5. GLM-5-TurboZhipu AIMarch 15, 2026
  6. Mistral Small 4Mistral AIText in and outImage inputMarch 16, 2026
  7. XIMiMo-V2-ProXiaomiMarch 18, 2026
  8. Lyria 3Google DeepMindMarch 25, 2026
  9. Gemini 3.1 Flash LiveGoogle DeepMindText in and outAudio in and outVideo inputMarch 26, 2026
  10. Veo 3Google DeepMindMarch 31, 2026

April 2026

  1. GLM-5V-TurboZhipu AIApril 1, 2026
  2. Qwen3.6-PlusAlibaba QwenText in and outApril 2, 2026
  3. GLM-5.1Zhipu AIText in and outApril 7, 2026
  4. Llama 5Meta AIApril 8, 2026
  5. Muse SparkMeta AIText in and outImage inputApril 8, 2026
  6. MAI-Image-2-EfficientMicrosoftApril 14, 2026
  7. Qwen3.6-35B-A3BAlibaba QwenText in and outApril 15, 2026
  8. Claude Opus 4.7AnthropicText in and outImage inputApril 16, 2026
  9. Grok STTxAIApril 17, 2026
  10. Grok TTSxAIApril 17, 2026
  11. Qwen3.6-27BAlibaba QwenText in and outApril 21, 2026
  12. GPT-5.5OpenAIText in and outImage inputApril 23, 2026
  13. Seed3D 2.0ByteDanceApril 23, 2026
  14. XIMiMo-V2.5XiaomiApril 23, 2026
  15. XIMiMo-V2.5-ProXiaomiApril 23, 2026
  16. Grok Voice Think Fast 1.0xAIApril 23, 2026
  17. DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeekText in and outApril 24, 2026
  18. Hy3 previewTencentText in and outApril 24, 2026

May 2026

  1. Gemini 3.1 Flash-LiteGoogle DeepMindText in and outImage inputVideo inputAudio inputMay 7, 2026
  2. Qwen3.7-MaxAlibaba QwenText in and outMay 16, 2026
  3. Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle DeepMindText in and outImage inputVideo inputAudio inputMay 19, 2026
  4. Qwen3.7-PlusAlibaba QwenText in and outMay 21, 2026
  5. Hy-MT2-1.8BTencentMay 21, 2026
  6. Hy-MT2-7BTencentMay 21, 2026
  7. Hy-MT2-30B-A3BTencentMay 21, 2026
  8. Mistral Medium 3.5Mistral AIMay 22, 2026
  9. Claude Opus 4.8AnthropicText in and outImage inputMay 28, 2026
  10. Nano Banana ProGoogle DeepMindImage in and outText in and outMay 28, 2026
  11. Grok Build 0.1xAIText in and outImage inputMay 29, 2026

June 2026

  1. OROrnith-1.0-9BOrnithJune, 2026
  2. OROrnith-1.0-35BOrnithJune, 2026
  3. OROrnith-1.0-397BOrnithJune, 2026
  4. MiniMax M3MiniMaxText in and outImage inputJune 2, 2026
  5. MAI-Image-2.5MicrosoftJune 2, 2026
  6. MAI-Voice-2MicrosoftJune 2, 2026
  7. MAI-Transcribe-1.5MicrosoftJune 2, 2026
  8. MAI-Code-1-FlashMicrosoftJune 2, 2026
  9. Gemma 4 12BGoogle DeepMindText in and outImage inputAudio inputJune 3, 2026
  10. Grok Imagine Video 1.5 PreviewxAIJune 3, 2026
  11. Nemotron 3 UltraNVIDIAText in and outJune 4, 2026
  12. Claude Fable 5AnthropicText in and outImage inputJune 9, 2026
  13. Claude Mythos 5AnthropicText in and outImage inputJune 9, 2026
  14. GLM-5.2Zhipu AIJune 13, 2026
  15. Grok Imagine Video 1.5xAIJune 16, 2026
  16. Mistral OCR 4Mistral AIJune 23, 2026
  17. Seed2.1ByteDanceJune 23, 2026
  18. Claude Sonnet 5AnthropicText in and outImage inputJune 30, 2026
  19. Gemini Omni FlashGoogle DeepMindJune 30, 2026
  20. Nano Banana 2 LiteGoogle DeepMindText in and outImage in and outJune 30, 2026

July 2026

  1. Hy3TencentJuly 6, 2026
  2. Muse ImageMeta AIJuly 7, 2026
  3. Grok 4.5xAIText in and outImage inputJuly 8, 2026
  4. Seedream 5.0 ProByteDanceJuly 8, 2026
  5. GPT-5.6 SolOpenAIText in and outImage inputJuly 9, 2026
  6. GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAIText in and outImage inputJuly 9, 2026
  7. GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAIText in and outImage inputJuly 9, 2026
  8. Muse Spark 1.1Meta AIJuly 9, 2026
  9. Kimi K3Moonshot AIText in and outJuly 16, 2026
  10. Qwen-Image-3.0Alibaba QwenText in and outJuly 16, 2026
  11. Seed Audio 1.0ByteDanceJuly 20, 2026
  12. Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle DeepMindText in and outImage inputVideo inputAudio inputJuly 21, 2026
  13. Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteGoogle DeepMindText in and outImage inputVideo inputAudio inputJuly 21, 2026
  14. MAI-Image-2.5-ProMicrosoftJuly 23, 2026
  15. MAI-Voice-2-FlashMicrosoftJuly 23, 2026
  16. FLUX 3Black Forest LabsJuly 23, 2026
  17. Claude Opus 5AnthropicText in and outImage inputJuly 24, 2026
  18. MAI-Cyber-1-FlashMicrosoftJuly 27, 2026
  19. MiniMax H3MiniMaxText inputImage inputVideo outputJuly 28, 2026
  20. Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0xAIJuly 29, 2026
  21. Gemini Robotics-ER 2Google DeepMindJuly 30, 2026
  22. Seedance 2.5ByteDanceJuly 31, 2026

August 2026

  1. Qwen3.8-MaxAlibaba QwenText in and outAugust 3, 2026
  2. Qwen3.8-Flash-NextAlibaba QwenText in and outImage inputAugust 3, 2026
  3. FLUX 3 VideoBlack Forest LabsAugust 4, 2026
  4. Shieldstral 1.0 3BMistral AIText in and outAugust 4, 2026
  5. LFM2.5-2.6BLiquid AIText in and outAugust 4, 2026
  6. Muse Spark 1.2Meta AIAugust 5, 2026
  7. SeedRealtimeByteDanceAugust 5, 2026
  8. Qwen3.8-27BAlibaba QwenText in and outImage inputAugust 5, 2026
  9. Grok Imagine Image 2.0xAIAugust 7, 2026
  10. Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95BAlibaba QwenAugust 8, 2026
  11. Muse GlimmerMeta AIText in and outImage inputAugust 10, 2026
  12. MAI-Image-2.6MicrosoftAugust 10, 2026
  13. GPT-5.6-CyberOpenAIText in and outImage inputAugust 10, 2026
  14. Nemotron 3.5 LightningNVIDIAAugust 11, 2026
  15. MAI-Code-1.1-FlashMicrosoftAugust 11, 2026
  16. Grok 4.6xAIText in and outImage inputAugust 12, 2026
  17. MAI-Thinking-1MicrosoftAugust 12, 2026
  18. Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle DeepMindText in and outImage inputVideo inputAudio inputAugust 13, 2026
  19. GLM-5.3Zhipu AIAugust 14, 2026
  20. OROrnith-1.5-9BOrnithAugust 19, 2026
  21. OROrnith-1.5-35B-A3BOrnithAugust 19, 2026
  22. OROrnith-1.5-397BOrnithAugust 19, 2026
  23. DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-ExpDeepSeekText in and outImage inputAugust 21, 2026
  24. GLM-5.3-FlashZhipu AIText in and outImage inputAugust 26, 2026
  25. Gemini 3.5 TranscribeGoogle DeepMindAugust 26, 2026
  26. Gemini 3.5 Transcribe LiveGoogle DeepMindAugust 26, 2026
  27. Hy4 previewTencentAugust 28, 2026

September 2026

  1. Claude Fable 5.1AnthropicSeptember 1, 2026
  2. Claude Mythos 5.1AnthropicSeptember 1, 2026
  3. Muse Voice TranscribeMeta AISeptember 1, 2026
  4. Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle DeepMindText in and outImage inputVideo inputAudio inputSeptember 2, 2026
  5. Muse Spark 1.3Meta AISeptember 2, 2026
  6. Gemini 3.8 Flash CyberGoogle DeepMindText in and outImage inputVideo inputAudio inputSeptember 2, 2026
  7. GPT-6 AstraOpenAIText in and outImage inputSeptember 3, 2026
  8. Lyria 3.5Google DeepMindSeptember 3, 2026
  9. MAI-Transcribe-2MicrosoftSeptember 3, 2026
  10. ChatGPT Images 2.5OpenAISeptember 8, 2026
  11. GPT-Image-2.5 FlareOpenAIText inputImage in and outSeptember 8, 2026
  12. GPT-Image-2.5 SunburstOpenAIText inputImage in and outSeptember 8, 2026
  13. GPT-RosalindOpenAIText in and outSeptember 8, 2026
  14. AuKTencentText inputAudio outputSeptember 9, 2026
  15. AuK-FlashTencentText inputAudio outputSeptember 9, 2026
  16. DeepSeek-V4.1-FlashDeepSeekText in and outImage inputSeptember 10, 2026
  17. GPT-Live-1OpenAIAudio in and outText in and outSeptember 10, 2026
  18. Kimi K2.8 PreviewMoonshot AISeptember 11, 2026
  19. Gemini 3.8 LiveGoogle DeepMindText in and outAudio in and outVideo inputSeptember 15, 2026
  20. Gemini 3.8 Live Extended ThinkingGoogle DeepMindText in and outAudio in and outVideo inputSeptember 15, 2026
  21. TSJevTypeSafe AISeptember 15, 2026
  22. Grok Voice Transcribe 2.0xAIText in and outSeptember 18, 2026
  23. Qwen3.8-Omni-FlashAlibaba QwenText in and outSeptember 18, 2026
  24. Qwen3.8-LiveTranslateAlibaba QwenText in and outSeptember 18, 2026
  25. Qwen-Image-2.1Alibaba QwenText inputImage outputSeptember 20, 2026
  26. Grok 4.7xAIText in and outImage inputSeptember 21, 2026
  27. Claude Opus 5.5AnthropicSeptember 22, 2026
  28. GPT-6 SolOpenAIText in and outSeptember 22, 2026
  29. GPT-6 LunaOpenAIText in and outImage inputSeptember 22, 2026
  30. XIMiMo-V2.6-ProXiaomiSeptember 22, 2026
  31. XIMiMo-V2.6-FlashXiaomiSeptember 22, 2026
  32. Gemini 3.8 Flash TTSGoogle DeepMindText inputAudio outputSeptember 22, 2026
  33. Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTSGoogle DeepMindText inputAudio outputSeptember 22, 2026
  34. Nemotron 3 DiarizationNVIDIASeptember 23, 2026
  35. MiniMax M3.1-Flash-PreviewMiniMaxSeptember 27, 2026
  36. Claude Sonnet 5.5AnthropicSeptember 28, 2026
  37. GPT-6.1 SolOpenAIText in and outImage inputSeptember 29, 2026
  38. Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle DeepMindText in and outImage inputVideo inputAudio inputSeptember 30, 2026

October 2026

  1. MAI-Transcribe-2-StreamingMicrosoftOctober 1, 2026
  2. MAI-Voice-2.1MicrosoftOctober 1, 2026
  3. MAI-Voice-2.1-FlashMicrosoftOctober 1, 2026
  4. Strands Decider 2BAmazonOctober 1, 2026
  5. ClefCloudflareOctober 1, 2026
  6. Clef-flashCloudflareOctober 1, 2026
  7. pplx-decider-v1-27bPerplexityOctober 1, 2026
  8. Nova 2.5 SonicAmazonOctober 5, 2026
  9. Nano Banana 2.1Google DeepMindText in and outImage in and outVideo inputOctober 6, 2026
  10. EmbeddingGemma 2Google DeepMindText in and outOctober 6, 2026
  11. Mistral Large 4Mistral AIOctober 6, 2026
  12. Claude Haiku 5.5AnthropicOctober 7, 2026
  13. d1-3BLiquid AIOctober 7, 2026
  14. d1-omni-600MLiquid AIOctober 7, 2026
  15. Microsoft-Decision-1MicrosoftOctober 9, 2026
  16. Clef-omniCloudflareOctober 9, 2026
  17. Muse WonderMeta AIOctober 12, 2026
  18. Muse Wonder FullMeta AIOctober 12, 2026
  19. Grok Voice 3.0xAIOctober 14, 2026
  20. Nemotron 3.5 Super VLNVIDIAText in and outImage inputOctober 15, 2026
  21. Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9BNVIDIAText in and outImage inputOctober 15, 2026
  22. Muse Spark OpenMeta AIOctober 15, 2026

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