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Liquid AI

Run efficient foundation models directly on edge devices.

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Liquid AI is an efficiency-first foundation model company spun out of MIT CSAIL. It provides Liquid Foundation Models (LFMs) that are free to download, run, and fine-tune for commercial use until a company's annual revenue exceeds $10 million. The models are designed to run on CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs across phones, laptops, vehicles, and embedded devices. The company partners with organizations like Shopify, Mercedes-Benz, AMD, and Qualcomm.

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