Frontier model APIs
Frontier model APIs covers the most capable closed language models, reached through their makers' APIs.
In brief
Frontier model APIs, in brief.
What it isFrontier model APIs covers the most capable closed language models, reached through their makers' APIs.
Where it sitsOne of 24 categories in the Models layer. Models are the trained systems that do the work: language models, and models for speech, images, video, code, translation and forecasting. This layer covers both closed models reached through an API and open models you can download.
What we track28 products, including AI21 Jamba API, Aleph Alpha PhariaAI, Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (Qwen Max/Plus), Amazon Bedrock (model garden) and Amazon Nova.
The products
28 products in Frontier model APIs.
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Questions
Frontier model APIs, answered.
What is Frontier model APIs in AI infrastructure?Frontier model APIs covers the most capable closed language models, reached through their makers' APIs.
Which layer of AI infrastructure is Frontier model APIs in?Frontier model APIs is in the Models layer. Models are the trained systems that do the work: language models, and models for speech, images, video, code, translation and forecasting. This layer covers both closed models reached through an API and open models you can download.
Which products are in Frontier model APIs?We track 28 products in Frontier model APIs, including AI21 Jamba API, Aleph Alpha PhariaAI, Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (Qwen Max/Plus), Amazon Bedrock (model garden), Amazon Nova, Azure AI Foundry Models, Baidu ERNIE (Qianfan) and ByteDance Doubao / Seed (Volcano Engine Ark). The full list is on this page.
Models
The other categories in Models.
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