Liquid AI breaks the efficiency barrier with LFM2.5-24B-A2B, a 24B MoE model that delivers elite reasoning with only 2B active parameters for local execution.

For developers building autonomous agents, the trade-off has always been clear: cloud-based models offer massive reasoning capabilities but sacrifice privacy and latency, while local models offer speed and security but often lack the 'brainpower' required for complex multi-step tasks. On October 13, 2026, Liquid AI fundamentally shifted this paradigm with the release of LFM2.5-24B-A2B.
LFM2.5-24B-A2B is not just another LLM; it is a purpose-built reasoning engine designed to live on your laptop or PC. As the largest member of the LFM2.5 family, it leverages a sophisticated Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture to provide high-tier intelligence while maintaining a tiny active parameter footprint. This release marks a turning point for private, high-throughput agentic workflows.
The technical brilliance of LFM2.5-24B-A2B lies in its efficiency. While the model possesses 24 billion total parameters in its memory, it only activates approximately 2 billion parameters per token. This MoE approach allows the model to retain a vast knowledge base while executing inference at speeds typically reserved for much smaller models.
The training regime was equally massive, with the model being trained on 33 trillion pretraining tokens. This scale ensures that the reasoning capabilities are not just superficial but grounded in a deep understanding of complex patterns. Furthermore, the context window has been significantly expanded to support long-form reasoning and large document processing.
In the world of agentic workflows, efficiency is measured by how many tokens are required to reach a logical conclusion. LFM2.5-24B-A2B is a standout performer here, using 47% fewer reasoning tokens than the DeepSeek-R1-Distill-32B. This efficiency translates directly into roughly 2x higher agent throughput, making it ideal for rapid-fire tool use and decision-making.
When compared to larger competitors, the results are even more striking. On agentic and tool-use benchmarks, LFM2.5-24B-A2B outperforms Gemma 4 27B and remains highly competitive with Qwen3.6-35B-A3B—a model that possesses roughly 50% more total and active parameters. This 'punching above its weight' capability is the hallmark of the Liquid AI architecture.
The primary design philosophy of this model is 'Agent-First.' It is optimized for integration into popular agent harnesses, where it can act as the central reasoning core for local automation. Because it runs efficiently on consumer hardware, it is perfect for developers building privacy-centric tools that require local execution without the need for expensive GPU clusters.
Beyond agents, its massive 131K context window and high-quality reasoning make it a powerhouse for RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) applications, complex coding assistance, and multi-step tool-use scenarios. Whether you are running a local coding assistant or a private data analyst, LFM2.5 provides the intelligence needed without the cloud latency.
Liquid AI has made deployment seamless for the open-source community. The model weights are available on Hugging Face under the 'LiquidAI/LFM2.5-24B-A2B' repository. To ensure compatibility with the most popular local inference engines, Liquid AI has released specialized versions including GGUF and MLX formats.
Developers can immediately start experimenting using llama.cpp, LM Studio, or Ollama. Additionally, for those looking to specialize the model for specific domains, Liquid AI has released post-trained weights alongside the base model, making the fine-tuning process exceptionally straightforward and efficient.
One of the most developer-friendly aspects of this release is the LFM Open License. This allows for commercial use for any organization with an annual revenue of up to $10M, removing the traditional barrier to entry for startups and independent developers.
Since this model is designed for local on-device inference, the 'cost' is primarily your own hardware's electricity and compute. There are no per-token API costs when running the open-weights version locally, providing a massive cost advantage for high-volume agentic tasks.
API Pricing — Input: N/A (Local weights available) / Output: N/A (Local weights available) / Context: 131K tokens