Mar 14, 2023ModelsOpenAI
GPT-4 becomes OpenAI's new flagship model
GPT-4 raises the bar on reasoning, reliability, and multimodal potential for commercial AI systems.
Nov 30, 2022 - Mar 15, 2026
AI Timeline
Major model launches, workforce effects, and market reactions tied to the AI shift.
Snapshot through Mar 15, 2026
34 timeline entriesCurated from launch notes, company updates, and market reporting
2023
Jul 11, 2023ModelsAnthropic
Claude 2 arrives with longer context and public access
Anthropic brings Claude 2 to both API users and the public-facing claude.ai experience.
Dec 6, 2023ModelsGoogle
Google introduces Gemini 1.0
Gemini launches as Google's first natively multimodal model family across Ultra, Pro, and Nano.
2024
Feb 15, 2024ModelsGoogle
Gemini 1.5 Pro pushes long-context frontier
Google DeepMind unveils Gemini 1.5 with a major leap in multimodal performance and context length.
Feb 15, 2024ModelsOpenAI
Sora previews OpenAI's text-to-video model
OpenAI shows a major jump in generative video quality and simulation-like scene consistency.
Mar 4, 2024ModelsAnthropic
Anthropic launches the Claude 3 model family
Claude 3 Haiku, Sonnet, and Opus position Anthropic as a top-tier frontier model provider.
May 29, 2024ModelsMistral
Mistral releases Codestral for software work
Mistral expands into code generation with a specialized model aimed at developer workflows.
Jun 7, 2024ModelsQwen
Qwen2 broadens Alibaba's open model push
Qwen2 expands the family with stronger multilingual, coding, and long-context performance across multiple sizes.
Jun 20, 2024ModelsAnthropic
Claude 3.5 Sonnet sets a new baseline for coding assistants
Anthropic ships its strongest everyday model and widens Claude access across plans and API surfaces.
Jul 18, 2024ModelsOpenAI
GPT-4o mini makes low-cost multimodal AI practical
OpenAI introduces a cheaper high-quality model for lightweight assistants, apps, and automation.
Jul 23, 2024ModelsMeta
Meta ships Llama 3.1 and the 405B open model push
Llama 3.1 strengthens Meta's open-model strategy and makes frontier-scale open weights more credible.
Sep 5, 2024ModelsDeepSeek
DeepSeek-V2.5 merges chat and coding into one open model
DeepSeek unifies its general and coder lines into a stronger all-in-one release for web and API use.
Sep 12, 2024ModelsOpenAI
OpenAI debuts o1-preview reasoning models
OpenAI formally introduces a reasoning-first line designed to spend more time thinking before answering.
Sep 17, 2024ModelsMistral
Pixtral 12B brings multimodal vision to Mistral's lineup
Mistral adds its first multimodal model with image understanding and document-friendly workflows.
Sep 19, 2024ModelsQwen
Qwen2.5 becomes one of the biggest open model releases yet
Alibaba expands Qwen with a large family of general, coding, and math models aimed at broad developer adoption.
Sep 25, 2024ModelsMeta
Llama 3.2 expands Meta's open vision and edge strategy
Meta pushes Llama further onto devices and into vision use cases with a broader open model portfolio.
Dec 11, 2024ModelsGoogle
Gemini 2.0 marks Google's shift into the agentic era
Gemini 2.0 Flash launches alongside deeper agent prototypes, multimodal outputs, and new developer APIs.
Dec 26, 2024ModelsDeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3 pushes open-weight MoE models into the top tier
DeepSeek releases a faster and more capable MoE flagship, narrowing the gap with leading closed models.
2025
Jan 15, 2025ModelsMiniMax
MiniMax-01 debuts with ultra-long context and open weights
MiniMax releases its 01 series with Lightning Attention, a 4 million token context window, and multimodal support.
Jan 20, 2025ModelsDeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1 makes reasoning-first open models mainstream
DeepSeek launches an open reasoning model positioned against OpenAI o1, with web, API, and MIT-licensed weights.
Jan 28, 2025ModelsQwen
Qwen2.5-Max scales Alibaba's frontier MoE ambitions
Qwen2.5-Max extends the Qwen line with a much larger MoE system aimed at top-tier chat and coding benchmarks.
Feb 27, 2025ModelsOpenAI
GPT-4.5 becomes OpenAI's biggest chat model
GPT-4.5 emphasizes broader world knowledge, improved chat quality, and lower hallucination rates.
Mar 12, 2025ModelsGoogle
Gemma 3 strengthens Google's open-model story
Google upgrades its lightweight open model family for single-GPU and edge-oriented deployment.
Mar 25, 2025ModelsGoogle
Gemini 2.5 Pro becomes Google's new reasoning flagship
Google introduces a thinking-first Gemini release aimed at harder coding, science, and planning tasks.
Apr 14, 2025ModelsOpenAI
GPT-4.1 targets developers with longer context and better coding
OpenAI launches a new API-focused GPT family optimized for instruction following and code-heavy workloads.
Apr 29, 2025ModelsQwen
Qwen3 adds hybrid reasoning modes to the Qwen family
Alibaba introduces Qwen3 with thinking and non-thinking modes, stronger agent behavior, and broad open-weight coverage.
May 22, 2025ModelsAnthropic
Claude 4 becomes Anthropic's new workhorse generation
Anthropic advances its production line again, with Claude 4 positioned as the stronger everyday agent model.
Jun 10, 2025ModelsMistral
Mistral introduces Magistral as its first reasoning model
Magistral expands Mistral beyond general-purpose assistants into transparent, domain-heavy reasoning tasks.
Jun 16, 2025ModelsMiniMax
MiniMax-M1 brings large-scale open reasoning to MiniMax
MiniMax follows its long-context work with a hybrid-attention reasoning model tuned for productivity-heavy tasks.
Nov 18, 2025ModelsGoogle
Gemini 3 starts a new Google model generation
Google positions Gemini 3 as its most capable general-purpose model family for reasoning and multimodality.
2026
Feb 17, 2026ModelsAnthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.6 sharpens Anthropic's agent and coding lead
Anthropic refreshes Sonnet again with stronger coding, computer use, and large-context performance.
Feb 19, 2026ModelsGoogle
Gemini 3.1 Pro raises the ceiling for complex reasoning work
Google extends the Gemini 3 line with a stronger Pro model aimed at higher-difficulty planning and analysis.
Feb 26, 2026ModelsGoogle
Nano Banana 2 upgrades Google's image generation stack
Google introduces a faster image model that blends stronger world knowledge with production-friendly editing.
Mar 5, 2026ModelsOpenAI
GPT-5.4 becomes OpenAI's new frontier work model
OpenAI combines reasoning, coding, and computer use into a more capable flagship for professional workflows.