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I made an interactive timeline of 171 LLMs (2017–2026)
Built a visual timeline tracking every major Large Language Model — from the original Transformer paper to GPT-5.3 Codex. 171 models, 54 organizations. Filterable by open/closed source, searchable, with milestones highlighted. Some stats from the data: - 2024–2025 was the explosion: 108 models in
Lead: r/LocalLLaMABigness: 89timeline171llmstransformer2017
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🟠 Hacker News
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110 pts, 46 comments
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32 upvotes across 1 sub
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Show HN: AI Timeline – 171 LLMs from Transformer (2017) to GPT-5.3 (2026)
HACKERNEWS · Hacker News · 13h ago · ▲ 110 · 💬 46
score 170
I made an interactive timeline of 171 LLMs (2017–2026)
REDDIT · r/LocalLLaMA · 12h ago · ⬆ 32 · 💬 44
score 105
Built a visual timeline tracking every major Large Language Model — from the original Transformer paper to GPT-5.3 Codex. 171 models, 54 organizations. Filterable by open/closed source, searchable, with milestones highlighted. Some stats from the data: - 2024–2025 was the explosion: 108 models in