Every AI Model in 2026: The Complete List
How many AI models are there?
279 notable models from 24 labs, as tracked here in 2026.
That number depends entirely on what you count. It covers models documented in the open models.dev database, meaning distinct released models from recognised labs. If you counted every fine-tune and community derivative, Hugging Face alone hosts hundreds of thousands. If you counted only frontier-class models, the answer would be closer to twenty.
| Lab | Models |
|---|---|
| OpenAI | 56 |
| 43 | |
| Alibaba (Qwen) | 33 |
| Anthropic | 23 |
| 20 other labs | 124 |
This is a complete, browsable list of every notable AI model in 2026. As of this writing the catalog holds 279 models from 24 labs, covering everything from frontier reasoning models to small open-weight models you can run yourself. If you want to filter and sort the full set interactively, use our all AI models catalog. This post walks through the landscape.
Model metadata here comes from the open models.dev database. Many of these models are usable for free right now through our free API models, and you can call them with one OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
The 2026 landscape at a glance
Across the full AI models list, the capability split looks like this:
- 194 reasoning models that think before answering.
- 239 with tool calling (function calling), the backbone of agents.
- 173 vision models that accept images.
- 125 open-weight models you can download and self-host.
Which labs ship the most models
A handful of labs dominate the model count in 2026:
- OpenAI model list: 56 models
- Google model list: 43 models
- Alibaba (Qwen) model list: 33 models
- Anthropic model list: 23 models
- NVIDIA model list: 20 models
- Mistral model list: 18 models
- Zhipu AI and Cohere: 14 models each
Each lab has its own page listing every model it ships with context length and capabilities, which is usually what you want when you are checking one vendor's lineup rather than browsing the whole field.
Notable recent models
Some of the newest additions to the AI models list include:
- Claude Opus 5 (Anthropic)
- Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (Google)
- Qwen3.8 Max Preview (Alibaba)
- Kimi K3 (Moonshot AI)
On context length, the leaders are enormous. Llama 4 Scout tops the list at roughly 3.5 million tokens of context, and the GPT-5.6 family sits around 1 million tokens. Huge context windows make it practical to feed whole codebases or document sets into a single request.
How to choose a model
A quick heuristic when scanning the full list:
- Need step-by-step problem solving? Filter to reasoning models.
- Building an agent? You need tool calling.
- Working with images or documents? Filter to vision.
- Want to self-host or avoid vendor lock-in? Filter to open weights.
- Feeding in a lot of context? Sort by biggest context.
You can apply all of these filters on the interactive all AI models catalog.
Try the free ones now
Getting started costs nothing. A good chunk of this AI models list is available free through our gateway, and all it takes is a free API key from /account, with no credit card. Point the OpenAI SDK at our endpoint and go:
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://dreamprompting.com/api/v1", api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")
r = client.chat.completions.create(model="auto", messages=[{"role":"user","content":"Hi"}])
print(r.choices[0].message.content)FAQ
How many AI models are there in 2026? This catalog tracks 279 notable models from 24 labs. The true number of fine-tunes and variants is far higher, but these are the ones worth knowing.
Which AI models are free? Many, including Llama, Gemini, DeepSeek, Qwen and Mistral variants. See our free API models.
Which model has the largest context window? Llama 4 Scout, at roughly 3.5 million tokens.
Browse the full catalog