Who builds the models? What can you use? Discover established AI developers, model families and the products that bring them to work.
Curated by Ravikumar Sathyamurthy · Reviewed 04 October 2026. A broad directory, not an exhaustive inventory or ranking. Families are grouped rather than listing every version. Access, pricing, licenses and regional availability change; the official links provide current details. Open weights do not automatically mean unrestricted use.
Text · vision · reasoning · coding
OpenAI’s general-purpose model family for reasoning, writing, analysis and coding. ChatGPT is an application using models; it is not the name of a single model.
Access: API; ChatGPT
Official site / documentation for GPT (opens in a new tab)Text · vision · coding
Anthropic develops Claude models, including Opus, Sonnet and Haiku families. Its products support knowledge work and coding; model capabilities and availability differ by release.
Access: Claude apps; API; cloud partners
Official site / documentation for Claude (opens in a new tab)Multimodal · reasoning · coding
Google’s multimodal model family. The Gemini consumer assistant, developer API and enterprise services are distinct ways to use the technology.
Access: Gemini app; API; Google Cloud
Official site / documentation for Gemini (opens in a new tab)Reasoning · coding · multimodal
The model and assistant ecosystem developed by xAI, whose official site now uses SpaceXAI branding. Includes conversational, coding and media capabilities across different products.
Access: Grok app; API
Official site / documentation for Grok (opens in a new tab)Reasoning · image · voice · transcription
Microsoft’s own model portfolio spans language and reasoning, image generation, voice synthesis and speech recognition. MAI names a portfolio; Microsoft Copilot is a product that can use multiple providers.
Access: Microsoft AI; Foundry; selected previews
Official site / documentation for MAI (opens in a new tab)Compact language models · reasoning
A Microsoft family of smaller language models designed for efficient deployment and reasoning. Phi is distinct from MAI; use each model card to check language support, license and intended use.
Access: Downloadable weights; hosting options
Official site / documentation for Phi (opens in a new tab)Language · coding · multimodal variants
Meta’s model family used by developers to build and customize AI applications. Releases come with their own licenses and deployment requirements. Meta AI is a separate assistant experience.
Access: Downloadable weights; partner hosting
Official site / documentation for Llama (opens in a new tab)Open models · compact deployment
Google’s open model family for developer customization and deployment. Gemma and Gemini are different families with different access and licensing arrangements.
Access: Downloadable weights
Official site / documentation for Gemma (opens in a new tab)Reasoning · coding · language
An AI developer publishing language and reasoning models, with a chat service, API and public model repositories. Capabilities and licenses depend on the specific release.
Access: Chat; API; released model weights
Official site / documentation for DeepSeek (opens in a new tab)Language · coding · vision · audio
Alibaba’s broad model ecosystem includes language, coding and multimodal families. Its official repositories document releases and deployment options.
Access: Chat; cloud APIs; released model weights
Official site / documentation for Qwen (opens in a new tab)Language · reasoning · coding · audio
A European model developer with Mistral, Ministral, Magistral, Codestral, Devstral and Voxtral families. Its catalog distinguishes open-weight releases from hosted commercial models.
Access: API; selected downloadable weights
Official site / documentation for Mistral models (opens in a new tab)Enterprise language · retrieval
Cohere develops generative language models alongside embedding and reranking models for enterprise search and retrieval. These components play different roles in a RAG system.
Access: API; private deployment options
Official site / documentation for Command, Embed & Rerank (opens in a new tab)Enterprise language · task-specific models
IBM’s Granite portfolio offers models for enterprise AI development. The portfolio includes different model sizes and specializations; consult the individual model documentation before deployment.
Access: Open models; IBM ecosystem
Official site / documentation for Granite (opens in a new tab)Language · multimodal · speech · media
Amazon’s own foundation-model portfolio, spanning multiple modalities. Nova models are different from Amazon Bedrock, the managed service that also provides access to other developers’ models.
Access: AWS services
Official site / documentation for Nova (opens in a new tab)Long-context language
AI21’s Jamba research combines Transformer and state-space approaches for language modeling. AI21 also develops enterprise AI systems; check the current catalog for supported releases.
Access: Model releases; enterprise deployment
Official site / documentation for Jamba (opens in a new tab)Reasoning · agents · specialist models
NVIDIA’s model portfolio supplies building blocks for AI applications and agents. NVIDIA also provides deployment tooling and inference services; a hardware vendor and a model developer can be the same organization.
Access: Model weights; NVIDIA tools and hosting
Official site / documentation for Nemotron (opens in a new tab)Reasoning · coding · knowledge work
Moonshot AI develops the Kimi model and assistant ecosystem for analysis, coding and knowledge work. Its official site links the app, developer platform and research releases.
Access: Kimi app; API; research releases
Official site / documentation for Kimi (opens in a new tab)Language · coding · multimodal variants
Z.ai develops the GLM family and related visual and coding models. Official repositories provide model documentation and release-specific licensing.
Access: Chat; API; released model weights
Official site / documentation for GLM (opens in a new tab)Language · agents · video · speech · music
MiniMax develops models across language, coding, video, speech and music. Its catalog is useful for exploring both general-purpose AI and specialist media generation.
Access: Apps; API; selected open-weight releases
Official site / documentation for MiniMax (opens in a new tab)Language · image · video · 3D
Tencent’s Hunyuan ecosystem spans language and visual generation. Its public repositories document individual model families rather than one universally available model.
Access: Official repositories; release-specific access
Official site / documentation for Hunyuan (opens in a new tab)Language · multimodal
Baidu’s ERNIE model ecosystem includes language and multimodal research and products. Official release notes are the starting point for checking current access and deployment options.
Access: Baidu services; model releases
Official site / documentation for ERNIE (opens in a new tab)Language · vision research
A model family developed by the UAE’s Technology Innovation Institute. Its official site documents language and perception releases, with access and licensing specific to each model.
Access: Published models and documentation
Official site / documentation for Falcon (opens in a new tab)Open language-model research
Ai2’s open language-model initiative emphasizes transparent research, including models and supporting development resources. Useful for studying how models are built as well as deploying them.
Access: Research models; training resources
Official site / documentation for Olmo (opens in a new tab)Compact models · on-device AI
Liquid AI develops efficient foundation models for devices and constrained hardware. Its focus makes it relevant when latency, local processing and hardware limits matter.
Access: Model releases; deployment tools
Official site / documentation for Liquid Foundation Models (opens in a new tab)Indian languages · speech · enterprise AI
An Indian AI developer building language and speech capabilities with a focus on India. Its platform brings together models and services for multilingual applications.
Access: Developer APIs; model releases; enterprise services
Official site / documentation for Sarvam (opens in a new tab)Image generation · speech
OpenAI’s specialist model catalog includes image generation and audio capabilities alongside GPT language models. Use the catalog to check which inputs, outputs and endpoints each model supports.
Access: API; product-dependent access
Official site / documentation for GPT Image & OpenAI audio models (opens in a new tab)Image generation · editing
Google’s image generation and editing model offering, also associated with Nano Banana branding. It is a specialist capability within the broader Google AI ecosystem.
Access: Google products; developer services
Official site / documentation for Gemini Image (opens in a new tab)Video generation
Google DeepMind’s video generation model family. Product availability, video controls and supported outputs depend on the release and access channel.
Access: Google products; developer services
Official site / documentation for Veo (opens in a new tab)Image generation · creative models
Stability AI develops generative models for creative workflows, including Stable Diffusion. Downloadable access does not mean every release has identical commercial-use terms.
Access: Hosted services; selected model weights
Official site / documentation for Stable Diffusion & Stability models (opens in a new tab)Image generation · editing
Black Forest Labs develops the FLUX image model ecosystem. Its releases offer different capabilities and licensing arrangements for creative and developer workflows.
Access: API; selected model weights
Official site / documentation for FLUX (opens in a new tab)Visual generation
A visual AI research lab and creative service. Users primarily access its models through the Midjourney product rather than downloading a general-purpose language model.
Access: Hosted creative application
Official site / documentation for Midjourney (opens in a new tab)Creative generation · editing
Adobe’s generative AI model and product ecosystem supports creative workflows. The Firefly application can also offer partner models, so check which model a workflow uses.
Access: Adobe applications; developer offerings
Official site / documentation for Firefly (opens in a new tab)Video · visual generation
Runway develops generative models and tools for visual storytelling and video workflows. Its platform combines model capabilities with production and editing features.
Access: Creative platform; developer offerings
Official site / documentation for Runway (opens in a new tab)Voice generation · transcription · voice agents
An audio AI developer and platform for synthetic speech, transcription and conversational voice applications. Voice consent and usage rights remain important when using generated audio.
Access: Apps; APIs
Official site / documentation for ElevenLabs (opens in a new tab)Speech synthesis · speech recognition
Cartesia develops Sonic text-to-speech and Ink speech-to-text models, with infrastructure for interactive voice agents. These are specialist audio models rather than general chat assistants.
Access: API; deployment offerings
Official site / documentation for Sonic & Ink (opens in a new tab)Speech recognition · synthesis · voice agents
Deepgram provides speech-to-text, text-to-speech and voice-agent infrastructure. It is useful for real-time audio applications and transcription workflows.
Access: APIs; enterprise offerings
Official site / documentation for Deepgram (opens in a new tab)Music generation
A music generation platform that turns prompts into musical outputs. Check current subscription and usage terms before using generated music commercially.
Access: Hosted application
Official site / documentation for Suno (opens in a new tab)Knowledge work · coding · agents
ChatGPT is OpenAI’s user-facing AI workspace; Codex supports software development. These products combine models with tools and workflows, so an application’s capabilities are broader than its base model.
Access: Web and desktop products; plans vary
Official site / documentation for ChatGPT & Codex (opens in a new tab)Knowledge work · software development
Claude is Anthropic’s assistant experience, while Claude Code supports development workflows. The products use Claude models and add tools, integrations and execution environments.
Access: Claude products; plans vary
Official site / documentation for Claude & Claude Code (opens in a new tab)Productivity · work context · agents
Microsoft’s Copilot product ecosystem brings AI into work and everyday tasks. Copilot can combine Microsoft and partner technology; it is not another name for the MAI model family.
Access: Microsoft products; licensing varies
Official site / documentation for Microsoft Copilot (opens in a new tab)Coding · development agents
An AI development assistant and agent product integrated with developer workflows. It provides access to models and tools, rather than representing one foundation model.
Access: GitHub products; plans vary
Official site / documentation for GitHub Copilot (opens in a new tab)AI search · grounded answers
Perplexity offers AI-assisted search and research. Its developer platform includes search and grounded-answer APIs; distinguish the search product from the underlying models and retrieval services.
Access: Search application; API platform
Official site / documentation for Perplexity & Sonar (opens in a new tab)Enterprise agents · workflows
An enterprise AI platform for agentic work. Its value includes workflow and organizational integration; evaluate the platform’s controls and deployment options separately from model performance.
Access: Enterprise platform
Official site / documentation for WRITER (opens in a new tab)Visual intelligence · enterprise workflows
An AI developer focused on visual intelligence and applications. Its official site describes the current product portfolio and access options.
Access: Enterprise products; developer offerings
Official site / documentation for Reka (opens in a new tab)Model catalog · agent development
A platform for building and operating AI applications with Microsoft and partner models. A model being listed in a catalog does not guarantee availability in every region or deployment type.
Access: Azure platform
Official site / documentation for Microsoft Foundry (opens in a new tab)Multi-provider models · agents
A managed service for building generative AI applications using models from multiple providers. Bedrock is the platform; Nova is Amazon’s own model portfolio.
Access: AWS managed service
Official site / documentation for Amazon Bedrock (opens in a new tab)Models · agent development · operations
Google Cloud’s platform for enterprise AI development, formerly Vertex AI. It brings together models, development tools and operational capabilities; it is separate from the Gemini consumer app.
Access: Google Cloud platform
Official site / documentation for Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (opens in a new tab)Enterprise AI · data · governance
IBM’s enterprise AI and data platform portfolio. Granite supplies models; watsonx provides capabilities for building, managing and governing AI solutions.
Access: IBM platform
Official site / documentation for watsonx (opens in a new tab)Inference · training · model hosting
An AI infrastructure provider offering model inference and customization services. It hosts models from different developers; the hosting provider is not necessarily the model’s author.
Access: Cloud platform
Official site / documentation for Together AI (opens in a new tab)Inference · customization
A platform for serving and specializing AI models. Useful when comparing deployment and customization options independently from the choice of foundation model.
Access: Cloud platform
Official site / documentation for Fireworks AI (opens in a new tab)Fast model inference
An inference infrastructure provider serving supported AI models. Groq is different from Grok: Groq provides inference infrastructure, while Grok is the xAI model and product ecosystem.
Access: Inference platform
Official site / documentation for Groq (opens in a new tab)Video · image · creative workflows
Luma develops Ray video models and UNI image models. Its creative platform also integrates partner models; distinguish Luma’s own families from the other models offered in the app.
Access: Luma App; API
Official site / documentation for Ray & UNI (opens in a new tab)Video · image · motion control
Kling develops visual generation models and a creative platform for images, video and motion control. The official site provides model guides, release history and developer access.
Access: Creative platform; API
Official site / documentation for Kling (opens in a new tab)Multimodal research · creative generation
ByteDance’s Seed team develops models across several modalities, including Seedream image and Seedance video families. Its research site links releases and the relevant product or developer channels.
Access: Research releases; product-specific access
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