Lg AI research institute makes k-exaone 2.5 model API available for free public use

LG AI Research Institute announced that it is making the API for its K-EXAONE 2.5 model freely accessible to the public. This offering extends to developers, enterprises, and research institutions, allowing any user to integrate K-EXAONE 2.5 into service development and research without incurring costs. The model, which was initially released in August of this year, has undergone additional training beyond its original version. The research institute claims that K-EXAONE 2.5 possesses agentic capabilities comparable to leading open-source AI models. Specifically, its performance on benchmarks such as AutomationBench, SWE-Bench Pro, BrowseComp, and Claw-Eval is reported to be on par with DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash and GLM-5.3.