Meituan's LongCat LLM assistant
Introduction
LongCat is Meituan's LLM brand: the open-source LongCat-Flash drew attention for efficient MoE-architecture inference, and the LongCat App provides chat and agent abilities. A representative of big-tech newcomers to models, with a sincere open-source strategy.
Key Features
- Open-source LongCat-Flash MoE model
- Efficient inference architecture
- App chat and agents
- Open-platform APIs
- Transparent technical reports
Pros
- Open-source sincerity and inference efficiency
- Big-tech resources behind it
Cons
- Late-starting ecosystem
Pricing
App free; APIs usage-based.（See official site for current pricing）
FAQ
Commercial-friendly license?
Per model cards — generally friendly.
Where to get weights?
Hugging Face and ModelScope.
Relation to Doubao?
Both ByteDance-adjacent but LongCat belongs to Meituan.
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