Chat & LLMs
The foundation models you can converse with. Try a flagship first to set your baseline — open-weight models matter most when you have specific reasons (cost, privacy, fine-tuning).
Claude
Frontier model known for careful reasoning, long context, strong writing, and code. A good default for thinking work.
ChatGPT
Broadly capable assistant with a deep ecosystem of plugins, image gen, and voice. Familiar starting point for most.
Gemini
Strong multimodal model integrated with Google Workspace, Search, and Android. Excels with images, video, and very long inputs.
Perplexity
An answer engine. Cites sources and is built around web search rather than open-ended chat.
Llama
Open-weight model family you can download, run locally, or fine-tune. The de-facto open baseline.
Mistral
European open-weight models with a hosted API. Punches above its size class on efficiency.
DeepSeek
Open-weight reasoning models that compete with closed flagships at a fraction of the cost.
Qwen
Open-weight family with strong multilingual coverage and very long context windows.