Model Navigator
Pick the right model for every job, and know why.
There are dozens of capable models and new ones every month. This path teaches you to read the landscape, interpret benchmarks without being fooled, trade off cost, speed and quality, and choose between open and closed models.
5
modules
39
minutes total
Modules
- 1
The model landscape in late 2026
8 minWho builds what: frontier labs, model families and the tiers inside each.
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- 2
Reading benchmarks without being fooled
9 minWhat benchmarks measure, how they mislead, and how to read a leaderboard like an expert.
- 3
Cost, speed and quality
8 minToken pricing, latency and throughput, and how to estimate what a workload will cost.
- 4
Open weights vs closed models
7 minWhen to self-host, when to use an API, and what 'open' really means.
- 5
Choosing a model for your task
7 minA practical decision process, from requirements to a shortlist to your own quick eval.