# AI model releases in July 2026

40 confirmed releases from 28 providers.

| Confirmed | Provider | Release | Models | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | DeepSeek | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | [DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731](https://benchlm.ai/models/deepseek-v4-flash-0731) | [DeepSeek](https://api-docs.deepseek.com/zh-cn/updates/) |
| Jul 31, 2026 | LG AI Research | K-EXAONE 2.0 | [K-EXAONE 2.0](https://benchlm.ai/models/k-exaone-2-0) | [LG AI Research](https://www.lgresearch.ai/news/view?seq=678), [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/LGAI-EXAONE/K-EXAONE-2.0-750B-A37B) |
| Jul 31, 2026 | Meituan | LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse | [LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse](https://benchlm.ai/models/longcat-flash-lite-sparse) | [Meituan LongCat](https://huggingface.co/meituan-longcat/LongCat-Flash-Lite-Sparse) |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Thinking Machines Lab | Inkling-Small | [Inkling-Small](https://benchlm.ai/models/inkling-small) | [Thinking Machines Lab](https://thinkingmachines.ai/news/inkling-small/) |
| Jul 29, 2026 | SK Telecom | A.X K2 | [A.X K2](https://benchlm.ai/models/a-x-k2) | [SK Telecom](https://huggingface.co/skt/A.X-K2) |
| Jul 28, 2026 | OpenAI | GPT Live Transcribe | [GPT Live Transcribe](https://benchlm.ai/models/gpt-live-transcribe) | [OpenAI](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-live-transcribe) |
| Jul 28, 2026 | OpenAI | GPT Transcribe | [GPT Transcribe](https://benchlm.ai/models/gpt-transcribe) | [OpenAI](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-transcribe) |
| Jul 27, 2026 | Alibaba | Qwen3.7 Flash | [Qwen3.7 Flash](https://benchlm.ai/models/qwen3-7-flash) | [OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai/qwen/qwen3.7-flash) |
| Jul 27, 2026 | Microsoft | MAI-Cyber-1-Flash | [MAI-Cyber-1-Flash](https://benchlm.ai/models/mai-cyber-1-flash) | [Microsoft AI](https://microsoft.ai/news/introducing-mai-cyber-1-flash-inside-mdash/) |
| Jul 24, 2026 | Anthropic | Claude Opus 5 | [Claude Opus 5](https://benchlm.ai/models/claude-opus-5) | [Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-5) |
| Jul 24, 2026 | Kakao | Kanana-2 small language models | [Kanana-2 3B Instruct](https://benchlm.ai/models/kanana-2-3b-instruct), [Kanana-2 1.3B Instruct](https://benchlm.ai/models/kanana-2-1-3b-instruct) | [Kakao](https://tech.kakao.com/posts/826), [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/kakaocorp/kanana-2-3b-instruct) |
| Jul 24, 2026 | Sakana AI | Sakana Fugu-Ultra v1.1 | [Sakana Fugu-Ultra v1.1](https://benchlm.ai/models/sakana-fugu-ultra-v1-1) | [Sakana AI](https://sakana.ai/fugu/) |
| Jul 23, 2026 | InclusionAI | Ling 3.0 Flash | [Ling 3.0 Flash](https://benchlm.ai/models/ling-3-0-flash) | [OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai/inclusionai/ling-3.0-flash) |
| Jul 23, 2026 | Microsoft | MAI-Voice-2-Flash | [MAI-Voice-2-Flash](https://benchlm.ai/models/mai-voice-2-flash) | [Microsoft](https://microsoft.ai/news/introducing-mai-image-2-5-pro-and-mai-voice-2-flash/) |
| Jul 22, 2026 | Celeris | Celeris-1 | [Celeris-1](https://benchlm.ai/models/celeris-1) | [Celeris](https://celeris.ai/diffusion-decoding-in-production.html) |
| Jul 22, 2026 | Upstage | Solar Open 2 | [Solar Open 2](https://benchlm.ai/models/solar-open-2) | [Upstage](https://www.upstage.ai/blog/en/solar-open-2), [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/upstage/Solar-Open2-250B) |
| Jul 21, 2026 | Google | Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, and Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber | [Gemini 3.6 Flash](https://benchlm.ai/models/gemini-3-6-flash), [Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite](https://benchlm.ai/models/gemini-3-5-flash-lite), [Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber](https://benchlm.ai/models/gemini-3-5-flash-cyber) | [Google](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-6-flash-3-5-flash-lite-3-5-flash-cyber/) |
| Jul 21, 2026 | Poolside | Laguna S 2.1 | [Laguna S 2.1](https://benchlm.ai/models/laguna-s-2-1) | [Poolside](https://poolside.ai/blog/introducing-laguna-s-2-1) |
| Jul 21, 2026 | Sakana AI | Fugu Cyber | [Fugu Cyber](https://benchlm.ai/models/sakana-fugu-cyber) | [Sakana AI](https://sakana.ai/fugu-cyber-release/) |
| Jul 20, 2026 | Bad Theory Labs | BTL-3 | [BTL-3](https://benchlm.ai/models/btl-3) | [Bad Theory Labs](https://huggingface.co/badtheorylabs/BTL-3) |
| Jul 20, 2026 | NVIDIA | Cosmos3-Edge | [Cosmos3-Edge](https://benchlm.ai/models/cosmos3-edge) | [NVIDIA](https://huggingface.co/nvidia/Cosmos3-Edge) |
| Jul 19, 2026 | Alibaba | Qwen3.8 Max Preview | [Qwen3.8 Max Preview](https://benchlm.ai/models/qwen3-8-max-preview) | [Alibaba Cloud Model Studio](https://help.aliyun.com/en/model-studio/token-plan-personal-overview) |
| Jul 17, 2026 | Microsoft | Fara 1.5 computer-use agents | [Fara1.5-27B](https://benchlm.ai/models/fara-1-5-27b), [Fara1.5-4B](https://benchlm.ai/models/fara-1-5-4b) | [Microsoft Research](https://huggingface.co/microsoft/Fara1.5-27B) |
| Jul 16, 2026 | InclusionAI | LLaDA2.2 diffusion models | [LLaDA2.2-flash](https://benchlm.ai/models/llada2-2-flash), [LLaDA2.2-mini](https://benchlm.ai/models/llada2-2-mini) | [InclusionAI](https://huggingface.co/inclusionAI/LLaDA2.2-flash) |
| Jul 16, 2026 | Moonshot AI | Kimi K3 | [Kimi K3](https://benchlm.ai/models/kimi-k3) | [Moonshot AI](https://www.kimi.com/blog/kimi-k3) |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Thinking Machines Lab | Inkling | [Inkling](https://benchlm.ai/models/inkling) | [Thinking Machines Lab](https://thinkingmachines.ai/news/introducing-inkling/) |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Prism ML | Bonsai 27B (1-bit and ternary) | [1-bit Bonsai 27B](https://benchlm.ai/models/bonsai-27b), [Ternary Bonsai 27B](https://benchlm.ai/models/ternary-bonsai-27b) | [PrismML](https://prismml.com/news/prismml-releases-bonsai-27b), [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/prism-ml/Bonsai-27B-gguf) |
| Jul 13, 2026 | InternScience | Agents-A1-4B | [Agents-A1-4B](https://benchlm.ai/models/agents-a1-4b) | [InternScience](https://huggingface.co/InternScience/Agents-A1-4B) |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Soofi Project | Soofi S | [Soofi S 30B-A3B](https://benchlm.ai/models/soofi-s-30b-a3b) | [Soofi Project](https://huggingface.co/spaces/Soofi-Project/Pretraining-Tech-Report) |
| Jul 9, 2026 | Meta | Muse Spark 1.1 | [Muse Spark 1.1](https://benchlm.ai/models/muse-spark-1-1) | [Meta AI](https://ai.meta.com/blog/introducing-muse-spark-meta-model-api/) |
| Jul 9, 2026 | OpenAI | GPT-5.6 | [GPT-5.6 Sol](https://benchlm.ai/models/gpt-5-6-sol), [GPT-5.6 Terra](https://benchlm.ai/models/gpt-5-6-terra), [GPT-5.6 Luna](https://benchlm.ai/models/gpt-5-6-luna) | [OpenAI GPT-5.6](https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-6/) |
| Jul 8, 2026 | Cognition | SWE-1.7 | [SWE-1.7](https://benchlm.ai/models/swe-1-7) | [Cognition](https://cognition.com/blog/swe-1-7) |
| Jul 8, 2026 | xAI | Grok 4.5 | [Grok 4.5](https://benchlm.ai/models/grok-4-5) | [xAI docs](https://docs.x.ai/developers/models/grok-4.5) |
| Jul 6, 2026 | OpenAI | GPT Realtime 2.1 | [GPT Realtime 2.1](https://benchlm.ai/models/gpt-realtime-2-1) | [OpenAI](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-realtime-2.1) |
| Jul 6, 2026 | OpenAI | GPT Realtime 2.1 Mini | [GPT Realtime 2.1 Mini](https://benchlm.ai/models/gpt-realtime-2-1-mini) | [OpenAI](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-realtime-2.1-mini) |
| Jul 6, 2026 | Tencent | Hy3 | [Hy3](https://benchlm.ai/models/hy3) | [Tencent Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/tencent/Hy3) |
| Jul 2, 2026 | InternScience | Agents-A1 quantized variants | [Agents-A1-FP8](https://benchlm.ai/models/agents-a1-fp8), [Agents-A1-Q4_K_M-GGUF](https://benchlm.ai/models/agents-a1-q4-k-m-gguf), [Agents-A1-Q8_0-GGUF](https://benchlm.ai/models/agents-a1-q8-0-gguf), [Agents-A1-F16-GGUF](https://benchlm.ai/models/agents-a1-f16-gguf) | [InternScience Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/collections/InternScience/agents-a1) |
| Jul 2, 2026 | Poolside | Laguna XS 2.1 | [Laguna XS 2.1](https://benchlm.ai/models/laguna-xs-2-1) | [Poolside](https://poolside.ai/blog/introducing-laguna-xs-2-1), [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/poolside/Laguna-XS-2.1) |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Cohere | Cohere Transcribe Arabic 07-2026 | [Cohere Transcribe Arabic 07-2026](https://benchlm.ai/models/cohere-transcribe-arabic-07-2026) | [Cohere](https://huggingface.co/CohereLabs/cohere-transcribe-arabic-07-2026) |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Mistral | Leanstral 1.5 | [Leanstral 1.5](https://benchlm.ai/models/leanstral-1-5) | [Mistral AI](https://huggingface.co/mistralai/Leanstral-1.5-119B-A6B) |

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