OpenAI and Anthropic
Follow the progression from GPT-3, ChatGPT and GPT-4 to the GPT-5 family, alongside Claude 1, Claude 2, Claude 3 and later Claude generations.
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2020–2026
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OpenAI
Anthropic
Google
Meta
Mistral
xAI
DeepSeek
Alibaba
Zhipu
Microsoft
Moonshot
Cohere
Amazon
ByteDance
MiniMax
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A chronological guide to major AI model releases
This open timeline makes the recent history of artificial intelligence easier to explore. It currently contains 382 notable releases dated from January 2020 through August 2026, including large language models, reasoning models, multimodal systems, coding models, image and video generators, speech models and other foundation models.
Use the provider filters above to compare release activity across organisations, then zoom or pan to examine a particular period. Each timeline entry includes a release date and a concise description of the model or family.
Google DeepMind and Meta
Compare the PaLM and Gemini release history with Meta’s Llama model family and its multimodal, reasoning and open-weight releases.
Mistral, xAI and DeepSeek
Track Mistral and Mixtral, the Grok family from xAI, and DeepSeek’s general-purpose, coding and reasoning model releases.
Global AI labs
Explore releases from Alibaba, Zhipu AI, Microsoft, Moonshot AI, Cohere, Amazon, ByteDance, MiniMax and many other research teams.
How the timeline is compiled
Release dates and model details are compiled from public announcements, official documentation and provider release notes. The dataset is updated regularly as important new models are announced. Corrections and well-sourced additions are welcome in the public GitHub repository.
For machine-readable context, see the concise AI-system guide, the XML sitemap, and the embedded Dataset structured data in this page.
Frequently asked questions
What is the AI Models Timeline?
It is a free interactive chronology of notable AI and large language model releases from 2020 through 2026, grouped by provider.
Which AI companies and model families are included?
The timeline covers models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Meta, Mistral AI, xAI, DeepSeek, Alibaba, Microsoft, Amazon, Cohere, ByteDance, MiniMax, Zhipu AI, Moonshot AI and other research organisations.
How often is the AI model timeline updated?
The timeline is updated regularly as notable models are announced. The latest revision date appears below and in the public GitHub repository.