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K-EXAONE 2.0

LG AI Research

Key facts · verified Aug 15, 2026

K-EXAONE 2.0 is a LG AI Research model released on 31 Jul 2026. Pricing: Open weights, Apache 2.0. Its context window is 256k tokens. It is not yet ranked on LMArena's text leaderboard. Source: huggingface.co.

LG AI Research's K-EXAONE 2.0, released 31 July 2026 as Korea's largest AI foundation model to date: a mixture-of-experts model with 750B total and 37B active parameters, a 256k-token context window, and Apache 2.0 licensing that LG AI Research states allows commercial use without restrictions. LG AI Research's own model card reports 68.2% on SWE-Bench Verified and covers ten languages including Korean, English, Spanish and Japanese.

Pricing & specs checkedSource: vendor documentation · checked Aug 15, 2026
Pricing

Open weights, Apache 2.0

Context

256k tokens

LMArena Elo

Not rated

LMArena rank

Not ranked

Key Features

Open Weights Apache 2.0 Long Context MoE 37B Active / 750B Total Self-Hostable Multilingual (10 Languages)

Full Specifications

Open weights, Apache 2.0
Identity
DeveloperLG AI Research
ReleasedJul 2026
StatusGA
LicenceOpen weights (Apache 2.0)
Self-hostableYes
Cost
Input priceNot published by LG AI Research; K-EXAONE 2.0 is an open-weights release and per-token prices are set by the host serving it.
Output priceNot published by LG AI Research; K-EXAONE 2.0 is an open-weights release and per-token prices are set by the host serving it.
Cached input$0.12 / 1M tokens (50%-off promo; $0.24 / 1M tokens regular)
Batch discountNot offered
Free tierNot offered
Capacity
Context window256k tokens
Max output32k tokens
Long-context surchargeNone (flat FriendliAI rate across the 262k window)
Capability
Vision inNo
Audio inNo
Function callingYes
Structured outputNot offered
Extended reasoningYes
Web searchNot offered
Code executionNot offered
Access
APIYes
Chat appNo (k.exaone.ai demo currently offline)
Cloud marketplacesNot offered
Fine-tuningNot offered