The state of LLMs — June 2026

1|--- 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] 6|draft: false 7|--- 8| 9|We're six months into 2026 and the LLM landscape has accelerated past every prediction made in January. New models. New pricing. A $965 billion valua...