03 / FAMILY LINEAGE
Major AI model families
Explore major model families across language and agents, image generation, and video generation.
LANGUAGE
Language, reasoning & agents
General foundation, open-weight, and agent model lines · 15 families
OpenAI
GPT
A defining closed-model family that moved from scaled pretraining to multimodality, reasoning, and agent systems.
- Models
- 19
- Since
- 2019
- Latest
- GPT-5.6
Anthropic
Claude
A family rooted in Constitutional AI that progressed through long context, hybrid reasoning, and sustained tool use.
- Models
- 16
- Since
- 2023
- Latest
- Claude Opus 5
Google DeepMind
Gemini
Google DeepMind’s natively multimodal family spanning long context, reasoning, and universal-assistant work.
- Models
- 12
- Since
- 2023
- Latest
- Gemini 3.7 Flash
DeepSeek
DeepSeek V / R
A model family centered on efficient MoE scaling, open weights, and reasoning-focused post-training.
- Models
- 10
- Since
- 2024
- Latest
- DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp
Alibaba Cloud
Qwen
An open multilingual family spanning dense, MoE, and hybrid-reasoning models.
- Models
- 11
- Since
- 2023
- Latest
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next
Moonshot AI
Kimi
A family that grew from long-context and RL research into large open MoE and native visual agents.
- Models
- 6
- Since
- 2025
- Latest
- Kimi K3
Z.ai
GLM
Z.ai’s open model family, increasingly focused on reasoning, coding, and long-horizon agent engineering.
- Models
- 7
- Since
- 2025
- Latest
- GLM-5.3-Flash
SpaceXAI
Grok
SpaceXAI’s frontier family emphasizing live tools, reasoning, coding, and long-running tasks.
- Models
- 7
- Since
- 2025
- Latest
- Grok 4.6
Meta
Llama
Meta’s open-weight foundation-model line, evolving from general language models to native multimodal MoE systems.
- Models
- 6
- Since
- 2024
- Latest
- Llama 4 Maverick
Meta
Muse
Meta Superintelligence Labs’ new family spanning multimodal reasoning, agents, and image and video generation.
- Models
- 6
- Since
- 2026
- Latest
- Muse Glimmer 30B
Google DeepMind
Gemma
Google’s open-model family for local, edge, and customizable deployment.
- Models
- 8
- Since
- 2024
- Latest
- DiffusionGemma 26B
MiniMax
MiniMax M
An open language-model line centered on efficient MoE, long context, coding, and agents.
- Models
- 6
- Since
- 2025
- Latest
- MiniMax-M3
ByteDance Seed
Seed
ByteDance’s multimodal foundation and agent line behind Doubao and production services.
- Models
- 4
- Since
- 2025
- Latest
- Seed2.1
Tencent Hy
Hunyuan / Hy
Tencent’s open reasoning and agent line, evolving from Hunyuan Large to Hy3.
- Models
- 3
- Since
- 2024
- Latest
- Hy3
Xiaomi MiMo
MiMo
Xiaomi’s family spanning a 7B reasoning model through trillion-parameter, multimodal, 1M-context agents.
- Models
- 6
- Since
- 2025
- Latest
- MiMo-V2.5-Pro
IMAGE
Image generation
Text-to-image, editing, typography, and visual creation · 9 families
OpenAI
GPT Image
OpenAI’s image line for native generation, precise editing, typography, and production assets.
- Models
- 3
- Since
- 2025
- Latest
- GPT Image 2
Google DeepMind
Imagen
Google DeepMind’s high-quality image family focused on detail, typography, and flexible resolution.
- Models
- 2
- Since
- 2024
- Latest
- Imagen 4
Google DeepMind
Nano Banana
Gemini-native image generation and conversational editing models.
- Models
- 4
- Since
- 2025
- Latest
- Nano Banana 2 Lite
Stability AI
Stable Diffusion
The open diffusion family that popularized local generation and community fine-tuning.
- Models
- 4
- Since
- 2022
- Latest
- Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large
Black Forest Labs
FLUX
Black Forest Labs’ image generation and contextual-editing family across open and hosted variants.
- Models
- 4
- Since
- 2024
- Latest
- FLUX.2 [klein] 4B
Alibaba Cloud
Qwen-Image
Qwen’s image line focused on Chinese text, complex layouts, editing, and realistic detail.
- Models
- 3
- Since
- 2025
- Latest
- Qwen-Image 3.0
ByteDance Seed
Seedream
ByteDance’s unified image generation and editing family with visual reasoning and professional controls.
- Models
- 3
- Since
- 2025
- Latest
- Seedream 5.0 Pro
Tencent Hy
Hunyuan Image
Tencent’s natively multimodal image-generation line for open deployment.
- Models
- 1
- Since
- 2025
- Latest
- HunyuanImage 3.0
Midjourney
Midjourney
A commercial image and animation family known for aesthetics, personalization, and creator workflows.
- Models
- 5
- Since
- 2023
- Latest
- Midjourney V8.2
VIDEO
Video generation
Video, native audio, reference generation, and professional creation · 8 families
OpenAI
Sora
OpenAI’s world-simulation and video-audio generation line; its product has since been discontinued.
- Models
- 2
- Since
- 2024
- Latest
- Sora 2
Google DeepMind
Veo / Gemini Video
Google’s video line, evolving from cinematic control to native audio and conversational editing.
- Models
- 4
- Since
- 2024
- Latest
- Gemini Omni Flash
Alibaba Cloud
Wan
Alibaba’s open and hosted video family spanning text, image, reference, and editing workflows.
- Models
- 5
- Since
- 2025
- Latest
- Wan 3.0 Video
ByteDance Seed
Seedance
ByteDance’s line for multi-shot, audio-video, and multimodal-reference generation.
- Models
- 4
- Since
- 2025
- Latest
- Seedance 2.5
MiniMax
Hailuo / H3
MiniMax’s video line, evolving from Hailuo into the open omni-modal H3 system.
- Models
- 3
- Since
- 2025
- Latest
- MiniMax H3
Runway
Runway Gen
Runway’s video family for filmmaking, motion control, and professional output.
- Models
- 2
- Since
- 2025
- Latest
- Runway Gen-4.5
Kuaishou
Kling
Kuaishou Kling’s native multimodal family for image and video generation, editing, and narrative control.
- Models
- 2
- Since
- 2025
- Latest
- Kling AI 3.0
Luma AI
Ray
Luma’s video family for creative workflows, visual reasoning, and professional HDR output.
- Models
- 4
- Since
- 2025
- Latest
- Ray3.2