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Tools, model specs and courses for LLM engineers-VRAM calculator, benchmarks and model directory-with free and paid tiers.
A paid gateway to premium OpenAI models with free daily credits, positioned as a ChatGPT Pro alternative.
Native macOS app that unifies 300+ AI models in one private workspace with agents, MCP tools, and one-time licensing.
Chinese AGI company building multimodal LLMs, Hailuo video, speech and music models, plus AI apps and open APIs.
Open-source desktop app for running AI chat models locally or via APIs, as a private ChatGPT alternative.
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- ✦VRAM/GPU-memory calculator for LLMs
- ✦LLM performance rankings and benchmarks
- ✦Model directory and comparison
- ✦AI/ML courses and learning roadmap
- ✦Calculator API and exportable cost reports
- ✦Engineering blog and guides
- ✦Access to premium OpenAI models
- ✦Daily free credits
- ✦Subscription and pay-as-you-go options
- ✦Model picker for thinking/pro models
- ✦Invite-based bonus credits
- ✦Switch across 300+ hosted and local AI models
- ✦Native macOS app with global shortcut and screenshot-to-answer
- ✦Reusable agents, projects, and forked chats
- ✦Multimodal analysis of PDFs, images, and code
- ✦MCP tools and code execution
- ✦Local chat storage with encryptable API keys
- ✦MiniMax M-series LLMs (M3, 1M context, MSA)
- ✦Hailuo AI video generation
- ✦Speech and music generation models
- ✦MiniMax Code agentic coding tool
- ✦Consumer apps (Hailuo, Xingye)
- ✦Open API and Token Plan for developers
- ✦Run open-source LLMs locally
- ✦Connect to online models (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini)
- ✦Private, offline-capable AI chat
- ✦Open source and self-hostable
- ✦Model library via Hugging Face
- ✦Cross-platform desktop app
- →Estimating GPU memory before training or inference
- →Comparing and selecting LLMs
- →Learning ML and LLM engineering
- →Modeling production deployment costs
- →Use OpenAI Pro-tier models affordably
- →Solve complex reasoning problems
- →Occasional AI use on free daily credits
- →Using multiple AI providers in one place
- →Explaining or fixing on-screen content instantly
- →Building reusable task-specific agents
- →Analyzing documents and screenshots privately
- →Coding and agentic tasks
- →AI video generation
- →Text-to-speech and music creation
- →Building on MiniMax model APIs
- →Private local AI chat
- →Using multiple models in one app
- →Avoiding cloud data sharing
- →Experimenting with open models