LLM Models

Feb 2026 - Model tracking is no longer feasible at broad scope
It is effectively impossible to track 600+ potentially interesting models.
The space is moving too fast for comprehensive monitoring to remain useful.


2026 Jan/Feb

  1. Arcee AI’s Trinity Large (Jan 27, 2026)
  2. Moonshot AI’s Kimi K2.5 (Jan 27, 2026)
  3. StepFun Step 3.5 Flash (Feb 1, 2026) https://arxiv.org/html/2602.10604v2#S2
    • This is interesting model very fast: 100 tokens/sec throughput at 128k context length (Hopper GPUs), cheap $0.30 output
  4. Qwen3-Coder-Next (Feb 3, 2026)
  5. z.AI’s GLM-5 (Feb 12, 2026)
  6. MiniMax M2.5 (Feb 12, 2026)
  7. Nanbeige 4.1 3B (Feb 13, 2026)
  8. Qwen 3.5 (Feb 15, 2026)
  9. Ant Group’s Ling 2.5 1T & Ring 2.5 1T (Feb 16, 2026)
  10. Cohere’s Tiny Aya (Feb 17, 2026)

https://sebastianraschka.com/blog/2026/a-dream-of-spring-for-open-weight.html

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