Western labs · 5 tracked

Frontier AI Overview

Every frontier lab, model release and announcement in one place. 

Model Leaders

benchmarks by

Best Overall

Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)Anthropic60.7intelligence index

Best in Coding

GPT-5.6 Sol (xhigh)OpenAI78.3coding index

Fastest

Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteGoogle DeepMind378.7 t/smedian output speed

Cost Efficient

Gemma 4 E4B (Reasoning)Google DeepMind$0.04blended $/1M · best index per $

Largest Context

Llama 4 ScoutMeta AI10M tokenscontext window · lab spec

Latest Feed

TechCrunch

• 2026-08-05Trump’s DOJ gains oversight of OpenAI’s green-card employee sponsorshipsReleaseTechCrunch · OpenAI
• 2026-08-05Anthropic is hiring an AI chip design teamComputeTechCrunch · Anthropic
• 2026-08-04Anthropic signs $10B deal with AI cloud startup VoltaReleaseTechCrunch · Anthropic
• 2026-08-04Apple says more ex-employees may have taken confidential data to OpenAIReleaseTechCrunch · OpenAI
• 2026-08-03Who’s legally to blame for Anthropic and OpenAI’s autonomous AI hacks? It’s complicatedReleaseTechCrunch · OpenAI
• 2026-08-03Influencers draw backlash for attending OpenAI’s first luxury tripReleaseTechCrunch · OpenAI
• 2026-08-03Congress’ favorite AI tool? ChatGPTReleaseTechCrunch · OpenAI
• 2026-08-02Sam Altman and AI’s decel debateReleaseTechCrunch · OpenAI
• 2026-08-01Sam Altman is still making the case for parenting via ChatGPTReleaseTechCrunch · OpenAI
• 2026-08-01Judge denies xAI’s request to block Minnesota ban on ‘nudify’ appsReleaseTechCrunch · xAI

Top Models Currently

index by

#1 · Anthropic

Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort)

60.7

index

Released

2026-07-24

Coding

78

Speed

56.6 t/s

$/1M

$10

#2 · Anthropic

Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Xhigh Effort)

60.1

index

Released

2026-07-24

Coding

77

Speed

53.5 t/s

$/1M

$10

#3 · Anthropic

Claude Fable 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Opus 4.8 Fallback)

59.9

index

Released

2026-06-09

Coding

76.5

Speed

67.3 t/s

$/1M

$20

#4 · OpenAI

GPT-5.6 Sol (max)

58.9

index

Released

2026-07-09

Coding

77.4

Speed

68.5 t/s

$/1M

$11.25

#5 · Anthropic

Claude Opus 5 (Adaptive Reasoning, High Effort)

58.9

index

Released

2026-07-24

Coding

76.5

Speed

53.1 t/s

$/1M

$10