{"slug": "lg-research-releases-k-exaone-2-5-api-for-free", "title": "LG Research releases K-Exaone 2.5 API for free", "summary": "LG AI Research released a free API for K-EXAONE 2.5, its proprietary foundation model, through the EXAONE API Platform at docs.exaone.ai, available to developers, startups, enterprises and research institutions via an API key. K-EXAONE 2.5 is a technical validation model given additional training on top of the version released last August, and in internal evaluations on publicly available datasets it scored 74.6 on AutomationBench-Openset, 59.2 on SWE-Bench Pro, 78.0 on BrowseComp and 77.3 on Claw-Eval, which LG AI Research describes as competitive with frontier-class open-weight models including DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash and GLM-5.3.", "body_md": "LG AI Research is making the API for K-EXAONE 2.5, its proprietary AI foundation model, available for free. K-EXAONE 2.5 is a technical validation model that has undergone additional training based on the version released in last August. The K-EXAONE 2.5 API is available for free through the EXAONE API Platform(docs.exaone.ai). Developers, startups, enterprises, research institutions, and anyone else can use K-EXAONE 2.5 for service development and research at no cost simply by obtaining an API key.\n\nK-EXAONE 2.5 Demonstrates Competitive Agentic AI Performance Against Frontier-Class Models\n\n(Based on internal evaluations using publicly available datasets, K-EXAONE 2.5 demonstrated competitive Agentic AI performance against frontier-class models.)\n\nK-EXAONE 2.5 demonstrates strong capabilities in Agentic AI. In internal benchmark evaluations conducted using publicly available datasets, the model delivered performance comparable to global frontier-class open-weight AI models. These capabilities were demonstrated across four benchmarks evaluating Agentic AI performance. Notably, K-EXAONE 2.5 achieved competitive performance compared to leading Chinese frontier-class models, including DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash and GLM-5.3.\n\n●AutomationBench-Openset - 74.6: Evaluates the ability to automate tasks using SaaS tools.\n\n●SWE-Bench Pro - 59.2: Evaluates the ability to perform real-world software development and modification tasks.\n\n●BrowseComp - 78.0: Evaluates the ability to navigate the web and find relevant information.\n\n●Claw-Eval - 77.3: Evaluates an AI agent's problem-solving capabilities in workplace environments.\n\nBoost Software Development Productivity with K-EXAONE 2.5\n\nFrom intelligent AI agents to advanced coding assistance, K-EXAONE 2.5 offers powerful capabilities in complex reasoning, coding, and workflow automation, helping developers turn new ideas into real-world applications.\n\nIn particular, K-EXAONE 2.5 can help boost software development productivity.From code generation and debugging to refactoring and test creation, K-EXAONE 2.5 helps developers tackle complex coding challenges, streamline development workflows, and build applications more quickly and efficiently.\n\nExplore a wide range of possibilities with K-EXAONE 2.5. Your ideas could be the beginning of new innovations. Start building with K-EXAONE 2.5 today. We can't wait to see what you create!", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/lg-research-releases-k-exaone-2-5-api-for-free", "canonical_source": "https://www.lgresearch.ai/news/view?seq=755", "published_at": "2026-11-12 06:11:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-11-12 06:22:25.074336+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "ai-agents", "ai-tools", "ai-startups"], "entities": ["LG AI Research", "K-EXAONE 2.5", "EXAONE API Platform", "DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash", "GLM-5.3", "AutomationBench-Openset", "SWE-Bench Pro", "BrowseComp"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/lg-research-releases-k-exaone-2-5-api-for-free", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/lg-research-releases-k-exaone-2-5-api-for-free.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/lg-research-releases-k-exaone-2-5-api-for-free.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/lg-research-releases-k-exaone-2-5-api-for-free.jsonld"}}