rumoredLLaVAExpected: Q3 2026

LLaVA-Next 2 API

Next generation of the open-weight LLaVA vision-language model family.

What we know

Next generation of the open-weight LLaVA vision-language model family.

Why it matters: LLaVA is the default open-weight vision baseline — v2 will drive immediate research and dev search.

Expected pricing: Free / open weights

Current best equivalent

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Gemini 2.5 Flash

Cheap vision-language model on SkillBoss, closest stand-in.

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We'll auto-switch your API calls to LLaVA-Next 2 the moment it launches — no code changes required.

Call it with curl

curl -X POST https://api.skillboss.co/v1/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SKILLBOSS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "skill_id": "google/gemini-2.5-flash",
    "input": {
      "prompt": "Say hello from LLaVA-Next 2 — routed via SkillBoss"
    }
  }'

Alternate options

ModelSkill IDTradeoff
Gemini 2.5 Progoogle/gemini-2.5-proHigher-quality vision alternative

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