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LongCat 2.5
● liveLive — our sweep read nano-gpt/longcat-2.5-preview at $0.75/$2.95 per 1M, 1M ctx, on Sep 27, and a free relist of the same preview on Sep 26 · this row stands for the whole LongCat line, including the 2.0 our ledger has carried since July · that it is Meituan's, that LongCat-2.0 is a 1.6T MIT-licensed MoE with 48B active, and its benchmark figures, are search-grade and vendor-reported, not our own reading · the price we read is a gateway's, not necessarily Meituan's. On the board as live since 2026-09-27 — the watchers keep tracking it: lineup changes, pricing moves and deprecations all alert.
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LongCat 2.5: quick answers
Is LongCat 2.5 out?
Yes. LongCat 2.5 is live and has been since September 27, 2026.
When was LongCat 2.5 released?
September 27, 2026.
Who makes LongCat 2.5?
Meituan.
Is LongCat 2.5 open weights?
Yes. LongCat 2.5 is released with open weights.
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