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Description

LFM3 represents Liquid AI's suite of streamlined, open-weight foundational models designed for a variety of applications, including text, vision, audio, and multimodal tasks. This lineup features variants for text generation, vision-language processing, audio, omni tasks, and decision-making models. Developers have the option to download the model weights, customize the supported models via fine-tuning, and deploy them on local edge hardware, or alternatively, utilize Liquid AI’s hosted API for access. Potential applications encompass conversational agents, tool invocation, speech transcription and synthesis, understanding of images and videos, document extraction, classification, routing, and robotics functionalities. LFM3 aims to cater to developers, researchers, and organizations focused on creating tailored AI solutions that require adaptable deployment options, including the ability for local inference. Furthermore, the open-weight models operate under Liquid AI’s LFM Open License, where the eligibility for commercial use and its associated terms are contingent upon the annual revenue of the organization. This flexibility allows users to tailor their AI implementations precisely to their needs, enhancing the overall utility of the models.

Description

Smaug Flash encompasses a trio of open-weight models meticulously fine-tuned by Abacus.AI to address production agentic workloads, with each model strategically placed along the capability–efficiency spectrum. This model line is developed through a combination of human-curated real-world agentic data and synthetic examples grounded in challenging scenarios, which results in enhancements in agentic programming, real-world tool utilization, automation, long-context reasoning, and adherence to instructions. The flagship model, Smaug Flash, derived from DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731, serves as the primary solution for enterprise agents that require a harmonious blend of speed, efficiency, and dependable performance. Its specific tuning minimizes the potential for spins and confusion during extensive tool use while preserving the speed advantages of the base model. Additionally, Smaug Mini, built on Qwen3.8 27B, is designed for multimodal applications and smaller reasoning tasks, offering a more compact solution with improved real-world agentic capabilities for singular workflows. Together, these models cater to diverse operational needs across various applications, showcasing the versatility of the Smaug Flash family.

API Access

Has API Yes 

API Access

Has API No 

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Integrations

Hugging Face Yes 
Hugging Face Transformers Yes 
LM Studio Yes 
Ollama Yes 
OpenRouter Yes 
Unsloth Yes 
Vercel AI Gateway Yes 
vLLM Yes 

Integrations

Hugging Face No 
Hugging Face Transformers No 
LM Studio No 
Ollama No 
OpenRouter No 
Unsloth No 
Vercel AI Gateway No 
vLLM No 

Pricing Details

$0.08/MTok
LFM3-1.7B API usage is $0.08 per million input tokens, $0.02 per million cached input tokens, and $0.20 per million output tokens. New organizations receive $2 in API credit. Open-weight models can be used in production free by developers, researchers, nonprofits, and businesses with less than $10 million in annual revenue; businesses above that threshold require a paid license.
Free Trial No 
Free Version Yes 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial No 
Free Version No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises Yes 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person No 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person No 

Vendor Details

Company Name

Liquid AI

Founded

2023

Country

United States

Website

www.liquid.ai/blog/lfm3

Vendor Details

Company Name

Abacus.AI

Founded

2019

Country

United States

Website

abacus.ai/smaug

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