Liquid AI
startupMIT CSAIL spinoff founded in December 2023 by Ramin Hasani, Daniela Rus (MIT CSAIL director, MacArthur Fellow), Alexander Amini, and Mathias Lechner. Raised $297M ($250M Series A led by AMD) at a ~$2.4B valuation.
Liquid AI builds on liquid neural networks (AAAI 2021) — continuous-time recurrent networks rooted in dynamical systems and signal processing, distinct from standard Transformers. The LFM2 family (2025) uses a hybrid backbone combining gated short convolutions with grouped query attention, optimized for edge deployment. Models range from 350M to 24B (MoE, 2B active) with vision-language and speech variants. Apache 2.0.
People
- Ramin Hasani Google Scholar — CEO & Co-Founder (formerly MIT CSAIL (Research Affiliate); PhD TU Wien)
- Daniela Rus Google ScholarOpenReview — Co-Founder (formerly MIT CSAIL (Director); MacArthur Fellow; PhD Cornell)
- Alexander Amini Google Scholar — Chief Science Officer & Co-Founder (formerly MIT (PhD, MS, BS in CS))
- Mathias Lechner Google Scholar — CTO & Co-Founder (formerly IST Austria (PhD))
News
- 2024-12-13 Liquid AI Raises $250M Series A Led by AMD — Liquid AI