The best foundation models tools to use in 2026

Last updatedMay 2, 2026

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Base AI models, model providers, and API access to large language and multimodal models.

Top reviewed Foundation Models

Anthropic ConsoleAccess and integrate the Claude API through Anthropic Console. Manage API keys, monitor usage, test prompts, and build AI-powered applications with Claude's advanced language models.

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AI Models & Infrastructure·Foundation Models·LLM Developer Tools

CogVideo AICogVideo AI is an open-source framework for generating videos from text and images, featuring CogVideoX (2024) and CogVideo (ICLR 2023) with fine-tuning support via CogKit.

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AI Models & Infrastructure·AI Video Generators·Foundation Models

Apple Private Cloud ComputeApple Private Cloud Compute (PCC) is a secure cloud AI infrastructure built on custom Apple silicon that processes advanced AI requests while ensuring user data remains private — even from Apple.

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AI Models & Infrastructure·Foundation Models·AI Infrastructure Tools

Genesis TherapeuticsGenesis Therapeutics builds GEMS, an AI operating system for drug discovery powered by the Pearl 3D diffusion foundation model, enabling potent and selective drug candidates at speed.

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AI Models & Infrastructure·Foundation Models·AI Research Tools

BioptimusBioptimus builds the world's first universal AI foundation model for biology, integrating multi-modal biological data to accelerate biomedical research and clinical discoveries.

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GeminiGemini is Google's multimodal AI assistant that helps with writing, coding, analysis, and complex reasoning. Free to use with a powerful paid Advanced tier.

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AI Chatbots·AI Assistants·Foundation Models

Codestral by MistralCodestral is Mistral AI's 22B open-weight model for code generation, supporting 80+ programming languages with fill-in-the-middle, code completion, and test writing capabilities.

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Coding & Development·Foundation Models·LLM Developer Tools

Modular AI (Mojo)Modular delivers a unified AI inference platform spanning GPU kernels, model optimization, and cloud serving. 2x faster than vLLM, supports 1000+ models, runs on any GPU or CPU.

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Foundation Models·LLM Developer Tools·AI Infrastructure Tools

Gorilla LLMGorilla is an open-source LLM from UC Berkeley that connects with massive APIs, enabling state-of-the-art function calling across Python, Java, JavaScript, and REST APIs. Includes BFCL benchmarking, RAFT fine-tuning, and the GoEX execution engine.

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Foundation Models·LLM Developer Tools·AI Frameworks

CohereCohere offers enterprise-grade AI models for text generation, semantic search, and retrieval. Deploy securely in your own cloud with full customization on your data.

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Foundation Models·LLM Developer Tools·AI Infrastructure Tools

Zhipu AI GLMZhipu AI offers the GLM family of large language models with MaaS APIs, autonomous agents, vision models, and fine-tuning tools. Register for 20M free tokens.

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AI Agents·Foundation Models·LLM Developer Tools

Inflection AIInflection AI empowers people and brands with emotionally intelligent AI. Meet Pi, your personal AI companion, and explore enterprise API solutions.

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AI Chatbots·AI Assistants·Foundation Models

MiniGPT-4MiniGPT-4 aligns a visual encoder with the Vicuna LLM to deliver GPT-4-like multimodal capabilities including image description, website generation from sketches, and more.

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AI Models & Infrastructure·Research & Education·Foundation Models

MiniMax AIMiniMax is a global AI platform offering foundation models and AI-native products for text, speech, video, and music — serving 200M+ users and 214K+ enterprise developers.

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AI Video Generators·AI Music Generators·Foundation Models

GemmaGemma is a family of lightweight, open-weight AI models from Google DeepMind built on Gemini technology. Free to use, fine-tune, and deploy for responsible AI development.

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Hugging FaceExplore 2M+ ML models, 500k+ datasets, and 1M+ AI apps on the open-source platform trusted by 50,000+ organizations worldwide.

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AI21 LabsAI21 Labs builds enterprise-grade AI systems and foundation models including Maestro and Jamba, designed for accuracy, reliability, and compliance in complex business workflows.

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Automation & Agents·AI Models & Infrastructure·Foundation Models

AI2 (Allen Institute for AI)Ai2 is a nonprofit AI research institute offering fully open LLMs, multimodal models, and AI platforms for science, environment, and robotics. Explore OLMo, Molmo, Semantic Scholar, and more.

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AI Models & Infrastructure·Foundation Models·AI Research Tools

SambaNova AI CloudSambaNova delivers the fastest AI inference using custom RDU chips, OpenAI-compatible APIs, and scalable infrastructure for enterprise and agentic AI workloads.

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Aleph AlphaAleph Alpha develops specialized large language models for European enterprises and public institutions, running on sovereign EU infrastructure with full regulatory compliance.

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