Tier 2 Labs DeepSeek, Qwen, and Tencent Ramp Up Releases to Catch OpenAI
mustafamhus · x · 2026-09-01
The post lists a flurry of model releases from mid-to-late August by 'tier 2' labs, including DeepSeek-V4 series, Gemini 3.7 Flash, Qwen3.8-27B, GLM-5.3, and Tencent's Hunyuan Hy4. The author notes that while these models haven't quite reached Fable or Sol class, they are closing the gap rapidly. As tier 2 labs catch up on performance and far outperform on price, it will become increasingly difficult for OpenAI and Anthropic to pause releases unilaterally or bilaterally without falling behind.
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