diff --git a/ui/src/components/profiles/openrouter-model-picker.tsx b/ui/src/components/profiles/openrouter-model-picker.tsx
index da985040..ffbdeaa8 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/profiles/openrouter-model-picker.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/profiles/openrouter-model-picker.tsx
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@ import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button';
 import { Badge } from '@/components/ui/badge';
 import { ScrollArea } from '@/components/ui/scroll-area';
 import { Skeleton } from '@/components/ui/skeleton';
-import { Search, RefreshCw, Loader2 } from 'lucide-react';
+import { Search, RefreshCw, Loader2, Sparkles } from 'lucide-react';
 import { useOpenRouterCatalog, useRefreshOpenRouterModels } from '@/hooks/use-openrouter-models';
 import {
   searchModels,
   formatPricingPair,
   formatContextLength,
+  formatModelAge,
+  getNewestModelsPerProvider,
   CATEGORY_LABELS,
 } from '@/lib/openrouter-utils';
 import type { CategorizedModel, ModelCategory } from '@/lib/openrouter-types';
@@ -46,6 +48,14 @@ export function OpenRouterModelPicker({
     });
   }, [models, search, selectedCategory]);
 
+  // Get newest models for presets (shown when no search)
+  const newestModels = useMemo(() => {
+    return getNewestModelsPerProvider(models, 2);
+  }, [models]);
+
+  // Determine if we should show presets (no search query and no category filter)
+  const showPresets = !search.trim() && !selectedCategory;
+
   // Group by category
   const groupedModels = useMemo(() => {
     const groups: Record<ModelCategory, CategorizedModel[]> = {
@@ -159,6 +169,26 @@ export function OpenRouterModelPicker({
           </div>
         ) : (
           <div className="space-y-4 p-2">
+            {/* Newest Models Section (shown when no search) */}
+            {showPresets && newestModels.length > 0 && (
+              <div>
+                <div className="text-muted-foreground bg-background sticky top-0 mb-1 flex items-center gap-1.5 py-1 text-xs font-semibold">
+                  <Sparkles className="h-3 w-3 text-orange-500" />
+                  <span>Newest Models</span>
+                </div>
+                {newestModels.map((model) => (
+                  <ModelItem
+                    key={model.id}
+                    model={model}
+                    isSelected={model.id === value}
+                    onClick={() => onChange(model.id)}
+                    showAge
+                  />
+                ))}
+              </div>
+            )}
+
+            {/* Category Groups */}
             {(Object.keys(CATEGORY_LABELS) as ModelCategory[]).map((category) => {
               const categoryModels = groupedModels[category];
               if (categoryModels.length === 0) return null;
@@ -190,10 +220,12 @@ function ModelItem({
   model,
   isSelected,
   onClick,
+  showAge = false,
 }: {
   model: CategorizedModel;
   isSelected: boolean;
   onClick: () => void;
+  showAge?: boolean;
 }) {
   return (
     <button
@@ -206,6 +238,11 @@ function ModelItem({
     >
       <span className="flex-1 truncate">{model.name}</span>
       <span className="text-muted-foreground ml-2 flex items-center gap-2 text-xs">
+        {showAge && model.created && (
+          <Badge variant="outline" className="text-[10px] text-orange-600">
+            {formatModelAge(model.created)}
+          </Badge>
+        )}
         {model.isFree ? (
           <Badge variant="secondary" className="text-xs">
             Free
diff --git a/ui/src/lib/openrouter-types.ts b/ui/src/lib/openrouter-types.ts
index a46266f5..b535883d 100644
--- a/ui/src/lib/openrouter-types.ts
+++ b/ui/src/lib/openrouter-types.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ export interface OpenRouterModel {
   top_provider: OpenRouterTopProvider;
   supported_parameters: string[];
   per_request_limits: Record<string, string> | null;
+  created: number; // Unix timestamp when model was added to OpenRouter
 }
 
 export interface OpenRouterModelsResponse {
diff --git a/ui/src/lib/openrouter-utils.ts b/ui/src/lib/openrouter-utils.ts
index 38726714..80b9f5a8 100644
--- a/ui/src/lib/openrouter-utils.ts
+++ b/ui/src/lib/openrouter-utils.ts
@@ -174,3 +174,62 @@ export const CATEGORY_LABELS: Record<ModelCategory, string> = {
   opensource: 'Open Source',
   other: 'Other',
 };
+
+/** Provider prefixes for detecting newest models */
+const PROVIDER_PREFIXES: Record<ModelCategory, string[]> = {
+  anthropic: ['anthropic/'],
+  openai: ['openai/'],
+  google: ['google/'],
+  meta: ['meta-llama/', 'meta/'],
+  mistral: ['mistralai/'],
+  opensource: ['deepseek/', 'qwen/', 'cohere/'],
+  other: [],
+};
+
+/** Get the newest models per provider (sorted by created timestamp) */
+export function getNewestModelsPerProvider(
+  allModels: CategorizedModel[],
+  modelsPerProvider: number = 2
+): CategorizedModel[] {
+  const result: CategorizedModel[] = [];
+  const categories: ModelCategory[] = [
+    'anthropic',
+    'openai',
+    'google',
+    'meta',
+    'mistral',
+    'opensource',
+  ];
+
+  for (const category of categories) {
+    const prefixes = PROVIDER_PREFIXES[category];
+    if (prefixes.length === 0) continue;
+
+    // Get models for this provider
+    const providerModels = allModels.filter((m) =>
+      prefixes.some((prefix) => m.id.toLowerCase().startsWith(prefix))
+    );
+
+    // Sort by created timestamp (newest first)
+    const sorted = [...providerModels].sort((a, b) => (b.created ?? 0) - (a.created ?? 0));
+
+    // Take top N
+    result.push(...sorted.slice(0, modelsPerProvider));
+  }
+
+  // Sort final result by created (newest first)
+  return result.sort((a, b) => (b.created ?? 0) - (a.created ?? 0));
+}
+
+/** Format relative time for model creation date */
+export function formatModelAge(created: number): string {
+  const now = Date.now() / 1000; // Convert to seconds
+  const diff = now - created;
+
+  if (diff < 86400) return 'Today';
+  if (diff < 172800) return 'Yesterday';
+  if (diff < 604800) return `${Math.floor(diff / 86400)}d ago`;
+  if (diff < 2592000) return `${Math.floor(diff / 604800)}w ago`;
+  if (diff < 31536000) return `${Math.floor(diff / 2592000)}mo ago`;
+  return `${Math.floor(diff / 31536000)}y ago`;
+}