Western labs · 5 tracked
Frontier AI Overview
Every frontier lab, model release and announcement in one place.
Token Volume Share
~30%
OpenRouter, mid-2026
VENTURE FUNDING
$255.5B
PitchBook, Q1 2026
Infrastructure Investment
$725B
US hyperscalers, 2026
Lab Activity Index
western · last 7 days- 01OpenAI released 5 models this week, including GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) and GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh).
- 02Anthropic released 5 models this week, including Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) and Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Xhigh, Default Fallback).
- 03Google DeepMind released Gemini 4 Argon (High) this week.
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Model Leaders
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Largest Context
Llama 4 ScoutMeta AI10M tokenscontext window · lab specLatest Feed
TechCrunch · The Verge · VentureBeat · more- 2026-10-03All the AI agents that can live in your text messagesReleaseTechCrunch
- 2026-10-03An OpenAI safety employee has quit and is sounding the alarmResearchThe Verge · OpenAI
- 2026-10-03Muse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and FamilyReleaseWIRED
- 2026-10-02Sean Parker is rebuilding Stability AI around musicReleaseTechCrunch
- 2026-10-02Apple says it’s tightening macOS ‘Full Disk Access’ controls due to new risks from AI agentsReleaseTechCrunch
- 2026-10-02It’s not AI anymore, it’s ‘super intelligence’ (according to the White House)ReleaseTechCrunch · OpenAI
- 2026-10-02TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Blackstone’s Jas Khaira on building the next generation of AI giantsModel LaunchTechCrunch
- 2026-10-02Circuit Breaker Labs hopes to make AI safer for your kids (and you)ReleaseTechCrunch
- 2026-10-02Pope Leo XIV is not a fan of AI-generated artReleaseTechCrunch
- 2026-10-02TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Clay’s Kareem Amin on the rise of the GTM engineerModel LaunchTechCrunch
Top Models Currently
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#1 · Anthropic
Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)
57.6
index
- Released
- 2026-09-22
- Coding
- —
- Speed
- 97.3 t/s
- $/1M
- $8
#2 · Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)
56
index
- Released
- 2026-09-28
- Coding
- —
- Speed
- 140.5 t/s
- $/1M
- $4
#3 · Anthropic
Claude Opus 5.5 (Xhigh, Default Fallback)
56
index
- Released
- 2026-09-22
- Coding
- —
- Speed
- 77.3 t/s
- $/1M
- $8
#4 · Anthropic
Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback)
53.6
index
- Released
- 2026-09-22
- Coding
- —
- Speed
- 76.3 t/s
- $/1M
- $8
#5 · Anthropic
Claude Fable 5.1 (Max, Default Fallback)
53.4
index
- Released
- 2026-09-01
- Coding
- 81.6
- Speed
- 70.7 t/s
- $/1M
- $20








