Dimitris Papail: Raion 'incredibly strong for its size' as from-scratch pretraining spreads
DimitrisPapail · x · 2026-10-25
UW-Madison's Dimitris Papail commented on Kangwook Lee's updated model comparison chart (now including newer models and agentic tasks): Raion looks "incredibly strong for its size," and it's refreshing to see many new models trained from scratch — pretraining is becoming more widely within reach.
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