Opus 4.8, Gemini 3.5, GPT-5.5, and a $965B valuation. The LLM race accelerated into something unrecognizable from six months ago.
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2|title: "The state of LLMs — June 2026"
3|description: "Opus 4.8, Gemini 3.5, GPT-5.5, and a $965B valuation. The LLM race didn't slow down in June — it accelerated into something unrecognizable from six months ago."
4|date: 2026-06-07
5|tags: [ai, llms, state-of-ai, research]
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