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● reasoning-model prices keep falling as providers compete on cost per token ● open-weight models are closing the gap with closed frontier models ● "agent" now means five different things depending who you ask — see our explainer ● multi-model routing is replacing single-model lock-in as the default architecture ● reasoning-model prices keep falling as providers compete on cost per token ● open-weight models are closing the gap with closed frontier models ● "agent" now means five different things depending who you ask — see our explainer ● multi-model routing is replacing single-model lock-in as the default architecture

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TRENDS

Why reasoning models keep getting cheaper

The cost curve behind the latest generation of models, and what it means for anyone building on top of them.

EXPLAINERS

Agent, workflow, or copilot? A real taxonomy

Everyone calls everything an agent now. Here's how to tell what you're actually looking at.

TOOLS

The current landscape of AI models, by category

Text, code, image, video, voice — what each category is actually good at right now.

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