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AI releases in January 2025
In January 2025, we tracked 16 releases from 7 companies. That is up 5 from December 2024 (11). Firecrawl shipped the most (5), then Mistral AI (3) and Together AI (3).
Releases
16
December 2024: 11
Companies shipping
7
December 2024: 5
Most shipped
Model
6 releases
Key launches in January 2025
- Model
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 Release
Mistral Small 3 model released with enhanced features.
- Model
Together AI
DeepSeek R1 Distilled Qwen 14B
Qwen 14B distilled with reasoning capabilities from Deepseek R1. Outperforms GPT-4o in math & matches o1-mini on coding.
- Model
Together AI
DeepSeek R1 Distilled Llama 70B
DeepSeek R1 Distilled Llama 70B is a 70B parameter language model with advanced reasoning capabilities, surpassing GPT-4o on MATH-500 (94.5%) and matching o1-mini on coding benchmarks. Designed for researchers and developers requiring high-performance language models.
- Model
Mistral AI
Codestral 2501 Release
Codestral 2501 model released for coding tasks.
- Product
Firecrawl
Alexandria Product Launch
Introduction of Alexandria, a new product for web data extraction
- Product
xAI
Docs Dark Mode Launch
Dark mode release for documentation site
- Product
Manus
Présentation de Manus 2.0
Presentation of Manus 2.0, announced on Friday, January 23
- Product
xAI
Status Page Launch
Status Page for monitoring service statuses
Who shipped most
Releases per company in January 2025. Each name opens that company's January 2025 changelog.
Through the month
Releases by day of the month, across every company. A longer bar is a busier stretch.
- Days 1–73
- Days 8–142
- Days 15–213
- Days 22–284
- Days 29–314
By category
- Model6
- Product5
- Developer Tools3
- API1
- Research1
Every AI release in January 2025
Grouped by company, busiest first, with each company's latest releases. Titles open the entry on the company's month page; source links go to the official announcement.
January 2025 AI releases FAQ
What AI models were released in January 2025?
Model releases we tracked in January 2025 include Mistral Small 3 Release from Mistral AI (January 30, 2025) and Codestral 2501 Release from Mistral AI (January 13, 2025). Each one is listed below with a link to the official announcement.
Which AI company shipped the most in January 2025?
Firecrawl shipped the most, with 5 releases, mostly Developer Tools. Mistral AI was next with 3.
How many AI releases were there in January 2025?
We tracked 16 releases from 7 companies in January 2025. A release is one announced change, so a major model launch and a small fix each count once.
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