AI history

Mistral Large 4 released as open weights.

GPT-6.1 Terra released.

Gemini 4 Argon released (Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers).

Claude Haiku 5.5 released.

Mistral Large 4 preview on the API.

Claude Sonnet 5.5 released.

Claude Opus 5.5 released.

GPT-6 released.

Claude Opus 5 released.

GPT-5.6 released.

Claude Sonnet 5 released.

Framer: launch of Framer 3.0.

Le Chat becomes Vibe, an agent for work and code.

Claude Opus 4.8 released.

Gemini 3.5 released.

Zed: launch of Zed 1.0.

Mistral Medium 3.5 released.

DeepSeek-V4 released.

GPT-5.5 released.

Claude Opus 4.7 released.

Fathom 3.0 launches on Product Hunt.

Unbabel is declared bankrupt by the Lisbon court.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 released.

Release of Doubao Seed 2.0.

DeepSeek-V3.2 released.

Claude Opus 4.6 released.

GPT-5.2 released.

Release of FLUX.2.

Claude Opus 4.5 released.

Launch of Google Antigravity.

Gemini 3 Pro released.

GPT-5.1 released.

Cloudflare announces the acquisition of Replicate.

Grammarly is renamed Superhuman.

Release of Cursor 2.0.

LangChain 1.0, the first major version, is released.

Release of Veo 3.1.

Copy.ai is acquired by Fullcast.

Claude Haiku 4.5 released.

Release of Synthesia 3.0.

Comet becomes available as a free download.

Claude Sonnet 4.5 released.

Gamma 3.0 launches on Product Hunt.

Release of Tripo 3.0.

Beatoven.ai: release of maestro.

Captions is renamed Mirage.

Lindy Build launches on Product Hunt.

Workday acquires Flowise.

GPT-5 released.

Claude Opus 4.1 released.

Unbabel is sold to TransPerfect.

Release of GLM-4.5.

Launch of Lovart.

Preview launch of Kiro.

Grok 4 released.

Public launch of Comet.

Grammarly announces its acquisition of Superhuman.

Zhipu AI adopts the Z.ai brand.

Release of Step 3.

Release of Kimi K2.

Public launch of MiniMax Agent.

Krea: release of Krea 1.

Release of Hunyuan3D 2.1.

Release of Holo1.

Release of Eleven v3.

Release of FLUX.1 Kontext.

CodeRabbit (extension VS Code) launches on Product Hunt.

Public launch of Skywork.

Claude 4 released.

Release of Veo 3.

Launch of Stitch.

Preview launch of OpenAI Codex.

ResearchRabbit is acquired by Litmaps.

Figma: launch of Figma Make.

General availability of Claude Code.

Release of Qwen3.

Release of Codex CLI.

Gamma 2.0 launches on Product Hunt.

GPT-4.1 released.

Release of Llama 4.

New version: Midjourney V7.

Release of Kling 2.0.

General availability of Junie (JetBrains AI).

Genspark: launch of Super Agent.

Mureka: release of Mureka V6 / O1.

Release of Ideogram 3.0.

Gemini 2.5 Pro released.

Sudowrite: release of Muse.

Release of Hedra Character-3.

Public beta launch of Manus.

DuckDuckGo AI Chat (Duck.ai) exits beta.

GPT-4.5 released.

Release of Wan2.1 (open source).

Claude 3.7 Sonnet released.

Grok 3 released.

Release of Warp pour Windows.

Preview launch of Claude Code.

Release of Hunyuan3D 2.0.

Release of Kimi k1.5.

DeepSeek-R1 reasoning model released.

Browser Use launches on Product Hunt.

Launch of Trae.

DeepSeek-V3 released.

Release of Agentforce 2.0.

Gemini 2.0 Flash released.

GPT Engineer is renamed Lovable.

Release of Suno v4.

Release of invideo V3.

Launch of Runner H.

Upgraded Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Claude 3.5 Haiku released.

Release of Antidote 12.

Claude Dev is renamed Cline.

Release of Recraft V3.

Bolt.new is launched publicly.

Launch of Wispr Flow.

CodiumAI is renamed Qodo.

Release of Tripo 2.0.

Announcement of Agentforce.

o1 released.

Release of Meshy-4.

Kagi: launch of Kagi Assistant.

Release of Replit Agent.

NotebookLM: launch of Audio Overviews.

Public launch of HubSpot Breeze.

Public launch of Hailuo AI.

Reclaim.ai is acquired by Dropbox.

Release of Ideogram 2.0.

Release of Spark 4.0.

Grok-2 released.

Public launch of Napkin AI.

Public launch of FLUX.1.

Leonardo.Ai is acquired by Canva.

Public launch of Vidu.

Release of Udio v1.5.

Release of Step-2.

Microsoft Designer: general availability.

Launch of Cline.

Launch of Hedra.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet released.

Launch of Genspark.

Runway: release of Gen-3 Alpha.

Public launch of Luma Dream Machine.

Public beta launch of Kling.

Public launch of DuckDuckGo AI Chat (Duck.ai).

Release of Stable Audio Open.

Uizard is acquired by Miro.

Public launch of Yuanbao.

Launch of Granola.

Azure AI Studio becomes generally available.

AssemblyAI: release of Universal-1.

Announcement of Veo, Google DeepMind's video generation model.

GPT-4o released (text, voice and image).

Magnific is acquired by Freepik.

Freepik acquires Magnific, a Spanish AI image upscaling startup.

Release of Llama 3.

Public launch of Udio.

Google unveils Gemini Code Assist, successor to Duet AI.

Public launch of Diffuse (Higgsfield).

Poe introduces per-message pricing to monetize bot creators.

Mureka: release of Mureka V1.

Release of Suno v3.

Copy.ai repositions as a go-to-market (GTM) AI platform.

Launch of Devin.

Claude 3 (Haiku, Sonnet, Opus) released.

Microsoft hires most of the team of Inflection AI, the maker of Pi.

Mistral AI launches Mistral Large and the Le Chat assistant.

Jasper announces its acquisition of Clipdrop from Stability AI.

Duet AI is renamed Gemini pour Google Workspace.

Launch of GroqCloud.

Lindy launches on Product Hunt.

Gemini 1.5 released.

Jan launches on Product Hunt.

Bard becomes Gemini.

Public launch of Gumloop.

Public launch of Coze.

Google ImageFX is launched publicly.

LALAL.AI: release of Orion.

Metaphor is renamed Exa.

Zed becomes open source.

ChapsVision acquires Systran.

Public launch of PixVerse.

ClickUp AI is renamed ClickUp Brain.

Release of Fin 2.

Launch of Felo.

Launch of Tripo.

New version: Midjourney V6.

Public launch of Suno.

Krea is launched publicly.

Launch of Google AI Studio.

Google introduces Gemini 1.0.

Public launch of CrewAI.

Public launch of Pika 1.0.

Scite is acquired by Research Solutions.

Claude 2.1 released.

Launch of Meshy.

Public launch of Kimi.

Bing Chat becomes Microsoft Copilot.

Public launch of Copilot Studio.

GPT-4 Turbo released.

xAI introduces Grok.

Announcement of Rodin Gen-1.

Launch of Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Release of ERNIE 4.0.

Release of v0 beta.

Elicit becomes an independent public benefit corporation.

Amazon Bedrock becomes generally available.

Mistral AI releases its first model, Mistral 7B.

Public launch of Meta AI.

Shortwave AI Assistant launches on Product Hunt.

Launch of Lokalise AI.

Public launch of ERNIE Bot.

Duet AI for Google Workspace, now Gemini pour Google Workspace, becomes generally available.

Public launch of Ideogram.

Public launch of Doubao.

Release of Llama 2.

Launch of Lyro (Tidio).

OpusClip is launched publicly.

Claude 2 released.

CodeRabbit launches on Product Hunt.

Release of Ollama.

Launch of WPS AI.

Release of SDXL 1.0.

Rows: launch of AI Analyst.

Public launch of Recraft.

Rally becomes Spellbook.

Raycast: launch of Raycast AI.

Launch of NotebookLM.

Launch of Plus AI.

Public launch of Dify.

Launch of iFlytek Spark in invitation-only testing.

Public launch of Pi.

Launch of LM Studio.

Launch of MakerSuite (Google AI Studio).

Launch of the Character.AI mobile apps.

Deepgram: release of Nova.

Announcement of Amazon Bedrock.

Founding of StepFun.

Public launch of Rask AI.

Together AI launches RedPajama, an open dataset for training LLMs.

Public beta launch of Qwen (Tongyi Qianwen).

Public launch of HuggingChat.

Grammarly launches GrammarlyGO, its generative AI assistant.

Summit Partners / Peugeot Invest announces the acquisition of Doctrine.

Launch of Aider.

Launch of Spline AI (alpha).

Krisp: release of Krisp AI Meeting Assistant.

GitHub announces Copilot X (chat and voice in the editor).

Google opens Bard to the public (US and UK).

Microsoft 365 Copilot: official announcement.

Launch of ERNIE Bot in invitation-only testing.

New version: Midjourney V5.

Release of GPT-4 via l'API.

Public launch of Khanmigo.

Launch of Fin (Intercom).

Announcement of Duolingo Max, a GPT-4-powered tier.

Launch of Claude via l'API Anthropic.

Anthropic introduces Claude to the public.

GPT-4 released.

Launch of Q-Chat, Quizlet's AI tutor.

Launch of ChatPDF.

Public beta launch of Adobe Firefly.

Release of LLaMA.

Launch of Notion AI.

Fathom 2.0 launches on Product Hunt.

AdCreative.ai v3 launches on Product Hunt.

A&O announces an exclusive launch partnership with Harvey.

AskFred (Fireflies.ai) launches on Product Hunt.

Microsoft introduces the new Bing with AI chat.

Public launch of Poe.

Otter.ai: launch of OtterPilot.

Launch of ClickUp Brain.

Launch of Scenario.

DeepL Write launches in public beta.

Public launch of ComfyUI.

Predis.ai 3.0 launches on Product Hunt.

Public launch of ElevenLabs.

OpenRouter, the company behind OpenRouter, is founded.

Launch of Open WebUI (Ollama WebUI).

MagicSchool is launched publicly.

Founding of H Company.

Dust is launched publicly.

Playground is launched publicly.

You.com: launch of YouChat.

Writesonic: release of ChatSonic.

Taskade: launch of Taskade AI.

Perplexity, an answer engine, launches.

Canva: launch of Magic Write.

OpenAI launches ChatGPT.

Public launch of Taplio.

SciSpace launches on Product Hunt.

Adobe Podcast is launched publicly.

Public launch of Durable.

Lex is launched publicly.

Rytr is acquired by Copysmith.

NovelAI adds image generation.

Public launch of LangChain.

Public launch of Whisper.

Public launch of Creative Reality Studio (D-ID).

Public beta launch of Character.AI.

Topaz Photo AI is launched publicly.

Rally launches its generative AI contract drafting tool, later Spellbook.

Public launch of HeyGen.

Launch of Consensus.

Public launch of Stable Diffusion.

Gamma launches on Product Hunt.

Midjourney opens its public beta.

GitHub Copilot becomes generally available.

Beatoven.ai is launched publicly.

Framer: launch of Framer Sites.

Launch of Inworld Studio (bêta).

Integromat is renamed Make.

Shortwave launches on Product Hunt.

Frase 2.0 launches on Product Hunt.

Public launch of Luminar Neo.

Together AI, the company behind Together AI, is founded.

Public launch of Kittl.

Launch of Kagi.

Julius, the company behind Julius AI, is founded.

Adobe presents Project Shasta, the audio tool that became Adobe Podcast.

Fathom launches on Product Hunt.

Sudowrite opens its beta to the public.

AdCreative.ai launches on Product Hunt.

Launch of You.com.

Public launch of Pictory.

Mubert: release of Mubert Render.

QuillBot is acquired by Course Hero.

Technical preview of GitHub Copilot, GitHub's coding assistant.

Public beta launch of NovelAI.

Codota is renamed Tabnine.

Predis.ai launches on Product Hunt.

Public launch of Rytr.

Clay (bêta) launches on Product Hunt.

Canva acquires Kaleido, the maker of remove.bg.

Murf AI comes out of beta.

Public launch of Jasper (alors Conversion.ai).

Launch of ResearchRabbit.

Launch of fal.

Public launch of Captions.

SEMrush is renamed Semrush.

Hemingway Editor: release of Hemingway Editor 3.

Public launch of Wordtune.

Launch of Pitch.

Writesonic, the company behind Writesonic, is founded.

Murf, the company behind Murf AI, is founded.

LALAL.AI is launched publicly.

Launch of OpenAI API.

Launch of Connected Papers.

Release of Warp.

Launch of tl;dv.

Launch of Spline.

Soundraw is founded.

Launch of Raycast.

Clipdrop is founded.

Resemble AI: release of Resemble Clone.

Moises is launched publicly.

Photoroom is launched publicly.

Public launch of n8n.

Anyword is launched publicly.

Release of Overdub (Descript).

Apollo.io launches on Product Hunt.

Knowt launches on Product Hunt.

Krisp comes out of beta.

Frase launches on Product Hunt.

Public launch of JianYing (CapCut).

Release of Music Engine (AIVA).

NightCafe is launched publicly.

Launch of Motion.

Cohere, the company behind Cohere, is founded.

remove.bg is launched publicly.

VEED, the company behind VEED, is founded.

Typeset (SciSpace) launches on Product Hunt.

Launch of Beautiful.ai.

Public launch of Tabnine.

Runway, the company behind Runway, is founded.

Launch of Otter.ai.

Public launch of DeepL.

Founding of Lokalise.

AssemblyAI is founded.

Logojoy (Looka) launches on Product Hunt.

Google Traduction switches to neural machine translation.

Microsoft Translator switches to neural machine translation.

Launch of Figma.

Launch of Gong.

Founding of Doctrine.

Public launch of Integromat (Make).

Mubert is launched publicly.

Speak, the company behind Speak, is founded.

Founding of Hugging Face.

Founding of Groq.

Fireflies, the company behind Fireflies.ai, is founded.

Launch of Semantic Scholar.

Public launch of Smartcat.

Wondershare Vivideo is renamed Wondershare Filmora.

Launch of Crisp.

Launch of Unbabel.

Hemingway Editor is launched publicly.

Public launch of Photomath.

Public launch of LANDR.

Launch of Canva.

Launch of Reverso Context, a contextual bilingual dictionary.

Auphonic is founded.

Public beta launch of Zapier.

Public launch of Fotor.

Public launch of Buffer.

Freepik, the company behind Freepik AI, is founded.

Public launch of Video Studio Express (Filmora).

Founding of Brainly.

Public launch of Grammarly.

Public launch of Wolfram|Alpha.

BrightKit is renamed Hootsuite.

Public launch of BrightKit (Hootsuite).

Founding of Semrush.

Public launch of Quizlet.

Zendesk, the company behind Zendesk, is founded.

Public launch of Bing Translator (Microsoft Translator).

Public launch of Google Traduction.

Public launch of LanguageTool.

Public launch of Reverso.

Founding of Systran.