Liquid AI
Liquid AI ranks #47 of 91 providers on BenchLeader by its best model, with 7 ranked models. Its best model is LFM2.5-8B-A1B at 43.6 on the BenchLeader Index, strongest in instruction following. LFM2 24B A2B is priced at $0.053 per million tokens blended. 9 of its 10 models ship open weights. It has shipped 6 dated releases, roughly one every 68 days; the last was 4 Aug 2026, so the next would be due between 13 Sept 2026 and 7 Nov 2026 on that pattern.
- Provider rank
- #47
- by best model
- Best index
- 43.6
- LFM2.5-8B-A1B
- Ranked models
- 7
- 9 open weights
- Cheapest ranked
- $0.053/M
- LFM2 24B A2B
Release timeline
Each model’s best configuration by release date. The top eight are labelled; hover any point for its name.
- Liquid AI7
Next release
Over the last two years Liquid AI shipped 6 distinct models, one every 68 days on median. The latest arrived on 4 Aug 2026.
If the cadence holds, the next one lands between 13 Sept 2026 and 7 Nov 2026.
An estimate from past release dates only. It knows nothing about roadmaps or announcements.
Models
Every Liquid AI model with a result, one row per model; switch to all configurations to see each reasoning effort.
| # | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LFM2.5-8B-A1Bopen ↗ | 43.6±8 | – | – | – | 33k | 2026-05-28 | 2026-05-28 |
| 2 | LFM2.5-2.6Bopen ↗ | 43.4±9 | – | – | – | 128k | 2026-08-04 | 2026-08-04 |
| 3 | LFM2 24B A2Bopen ↗ | 40.8±6 | $0.053 | – | – | 33k | 2026-02-25 | 2026-02-25 · stale |
| 4 | LFM2.5-1.2B-Instructopen ↗ | 39.8±6 | – | – | – | 32k | 2026-01-05 | 2026-01-05 · stale |
| 5 | LFM2 8B A1Bopen ↗ | 39.7±4 | – | – | – | 33k | 2025-10-07 | 2025-10-07 · stale |
| 6 | LFM2 2.6Bopen ↗ | 38.4±5 | – | – | – | 33k | 2025-09-23 | 2025-09-23 · stale |
| 7 | LFM2.5-VL-1.6Bopen ↗ | 35.1±8 | – | – | – | 32k | 2026-01-05 | 2026-01-05 · stale |
| 8 | Lfm 2.5 2 6Bopen ↗ | – | $0.387 | – | – | 128k | – | – |
| 9 | Lfm2 Audio 1 5B | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10 | LFM2.5-24B-A2Bopen ↗ | – | $0.213 | 322 | 0.25 s | 128k | – | – |
Latest news
- Liquid AI CEO says AI’s next big opportunity may be hiding inside your carTheStreet · 23 Oct 2026
- Boston AI company raises $325M at $3B valuation, surpassing Liquid AIThe Business Journals · 20 Oct 2026
- LFM2.5-24B-A2B-DSpark är live på Hugging Face – Liquid AI har bara inte tillkännagivit det änOrcaRouter · 21 Oct 2026
- Liquid AI LFM2.5-24B-A2B: Specs, Benchmarks vs Qwen - https://tech-insider.org/https://tech-insider.org/ · 16 Oct 2026
- The $3B AI company based in Boston you've never heard ofNBC Boston · 20 Oct 2026
- Liquid AI Reward Hacking Exposed a Model That Recognized Its Sandboxremio · 21 Oct 2026
- Crusoe Spark Liquid: 3.5MW modular AI factoryCrusoe · 21 Oct 2026
- Liquid RIPL, an inference engine for low-latency AI execution, has been released and will be useful in situations where low latency is critical, such as search and payment processing.GIGAZINE · 23 Oct 2026