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As of: 2026-11-09 21:13 CET.
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# Meituan releases LongCat-2.5

Full title: Meituan releases LongCat-2.5: a 1.6T-parameter (48B active) native multimodal model for long-horizon agentic coding

On Nov 2, 2026 Meituan released LongCat-2.5, the full version of the model it previewed in September: 1.6T total parameters with about 48B active per token, text and image input in one token framework, trained with large-scale RL on long tasks and real agent failures turned into training tasks. It is available in LongCat chat and API; GitHub and Hugging Face releases are promised but not out yet.

## Key facts
- 1.6T total, ~48B active parameters (TechNode, citing IT Home)
- Capabilities claimed: visual coding, creative design, 3D tasks, complex codebases and full software projects
- Open weights: planned, not released as of Nov 2

## What happened

See summary. Benchmarks were not stated in the coverage we could read; Meituan's own page was not checked.

## Your AI and this story

- GPT-6 Astra (training cutoff April 2026): 186 days after its cutoff
- Claude Opus 5.5 (training cutoff June 2026): 125 days after its cutoff
- Gemini 4 Argon (training cutoff March 2026): 216 days after its cutoff
- Grok 4.7 (training cutoff May 2026): 155 days after its cutoff

## Sources

1. [TechNode: Meituan launches LongCat-2.5 (Nov 2)](https://technode.com/2026/11/02/meituan-launches-longcat-2-5-multimodal-ai-model-for-extended-coding-tasks/) (technode.com, press)
2. [IT Home (Chinese)](https://www.ithome.com/1/020/873.htm) (ithome.com, press)
3. [Pandaily: Meituan Releases LongCat-2.5 (Nov 2)](https://pandaily.com/meituan-longcat-2-5-official-release-1-6t-native-multimodal-long-horizon-agentic-coding-w4a4) (pandaily.com, press)

## Changes

- 2026-11-02 (filed): Created

## Related

- 2026-09-25: [Meituan puts LongCat-2.5-Preview on its API](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-09-25-meituan-longcat-2-5-preview/index.md)