Model family timeline
Last updated Oct 16, 2024
Yi model releases
A source-backed timeline for the Yi model family, collecting release dates, labs, access details, context windows, and major lifecycle changes.
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Models
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Labs
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Open
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Recent
4 models
Yi-Lightning
Available01.AIProprietary
01.AI's MoE API model that reached the global top-10 on Chatbot Arena, strong in Chinese, math, and coding.
Type
MoE
Params
Undisc.
Context
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Top eval
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Released
Oct 16, 2024
1.8y ago
MoEUndisc.— ctxOct 16, 2024
Yi-1.5-34B
Available01.AIOpen weights
Yi 1.5 update with stronger instruction following, coding, math, and multilingual performance.
Type
Dense
Params
34B
Context
4K
Top eval
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Released
May 13, 2024
2.2y ago
Dense34B4K ctxMay 13, 2024
Yi-34B-Chat
Available01.AIOpen weights
Chat-tuned Yi-34B checkpoint from 01.AI, released alongside quantized chat variants for bilingual open-weight assistants.
Type
Dense
Params
34B
Context
4K
Top eval
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Released
Nov 23, 2023
2.7y ago
Dense34B4K ctxNov 23, 2023
Yi-34B
Available01.AIOpen weights
01.AI's strong bilingual open model, with a 200k-context variant.
Type
Dense
Params
34B
Context
200K
Top eval
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Released
Nov 6, 2023
2.7y ago
Dense34B200K ctxNov 6, 2023