Frontier Model Landscape
The model layer is the most rapidly evolving part of the AI stack. New models ship monthly, benchmarks shift, and pricing drops constantly. This section cuts through the noise — covering what actually matters when you choose a model, what the major families are, and how open-weight and proprietary approaches compare in practice.
In This Section
The Major Model Families
OpenAI GPT series, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, Meta LLaMA, Mistral, DeepSeek — what each family stands for and when to reach for it.
Open-Weight vs Proprietary
The real trade-offs between closed APIs and open-weight models — cost, control, data residency, customisation, and sovereignty.
Choosing the Right Model
A decision framework for picking models by task type, latency, cost, data sensitivity, and context window requirements.