Arena CEO: Open Models and Chinese Labs Are Closing the Gap

LMArena CEO Anastasios Angelopoulos told Kleiner Perkins' Grit podcast that open-source models are closing the gap with frontier labs, with Chinese labs nearing the frontier, based on Arena's real evaluation data.

2026-09-11 ~ 2026-09-11 · 3 related posts

• Arena CEO on Grit podcast: open models closing gaps, Chinese labs advancing — arena · 2026-09-11
• Arena CEO on Kleiner Perkins' Grit: open models closing gaps, Chinese labs advancing frontier — arena · 2026-09-11
• LMArena went from ranking 8 models to 500+: CEO on open models closing the gap — arena · 2026-09-11