LongCat-2.0: The AI Model That Surprised the Market
The LongCat-2.0 model, with 1.6 trillion parameters, operated under the alias 'Owl Alpha' for two months before being identified by Meituan, offering a competitive price against GPT-5.5 and Claude Sonnet 5.
Editorial Staff
1 min read
Updated 12 days ago
LongCat-2.0, a mixture-of-experts AI model boasting 1.6 trillion parameters, has recently come to light after spending two months under the guise of 'Owl Alpha.'
This model was discovered by Meituan, which has since claimed it as its own. Its emergence has raised eyebrows in the AI community.
Notably, LongCat-2.0 is positioned as a cost-effective alternative to other leading models, specifically GPT-5.5 and Claude Sonnet 5, significantly undercutting their pricing.