Mode VC Chart: Open-Weight Models in 2026: How Many Launch Open? is answering right now. Last checked 9 min ago. It exposes 3 tools.
Of 51 named model launches since 6 Jul 2026, 22 stated their weights: 18 closed, 4 open. All.
Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 21 October 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.
Everything else answered, so this is steady rather than shaky. We check every 15 minutes, which is how a one-off gets told apart from the start of a pattern, and how you hear about the next one within the hour instead of from your users.
Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 9 min ago.
claude mcp add chart-open-weight-models-2026 --transport http https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-open-weight-models-2026
https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-open-weight-models-2026
[mcp_servers.chart-open-weight-models-2026]
url = "https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-open-weight-models-2026"
{
"mcpServers": {
"chart-open-weight-models-2026": {
"url": "https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-open-weight-models-2026"
}
}
}
{
"servers": {
"chart-open-weight-models-2026": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-open-weight-models-2026"
}
}
}
Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on.
If a tool disappears, we record the date.
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| URL | Transport | State | Latency | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-open-weight-models-2026 | streamable-http | answering | 236 ms | 9 min ago |
Audio and speech made 11 of 59 named model launches since 6 Jul 2026, from 6 labs. In the.
14 labs launched 50 named AI models from 6 Jul 2026 to 27 Sept 2026. Alibaba's Qwen team led.
Of 13 model launches from 23 Sept 2026 to 3 Oct 2026, 9 opened an API on day one, 7 of them.
The best open model trails the best closed model by 42 Arena points. In a blind vote it would.
Arena rates 399 text models from 52 labs, up from 10 models in May 2023. Yet only 5 labs hold.
Since Jan 2025, Arena's #1 spot has changed hands 16 times. Half of the finished reigns lasted.
OpenAI's models hold 17.9% of all 12.3M Arena votes and none of the top 20 seats. Anthropic's.
Open weights briefly beat every proprietary model in early 2025 (deepseek-r1); today the best.
Answers built from our own checks of this server.