---
license: cc-by-4.0
tags:
  - owl-alpha
  - longcat-2.0
  - stealth-model
  - stealthmark
  - coding
  - tool-use
  - long-context
thumbnail: https://stealthmodels.com/owl-alpha/assets/owl-head-5.webp
new_version: meituan-longcat/LongCat-2.0
---

<a href="https://stealthmodels.com/owl-alpha/?utm_source=huggingface&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=owl-alpha-card"><img src="https://huggingface.co/stealth-model/owl-alpha/resolve/main/panels/hero.webp" alt="A cloaked owl raises her head. Owl Alpha. Revealed: LongCat-2.0 by Meituan. You have my attention."></a>

**Owl Alpha was Meituan's LongCat-2.0: native tool use, a 1M-token context, and open weights under MIT.**

By [Stealth Models](https://stealthmodels.com/?utm_source=huggingface&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=owl-alpha-card).

<a href="https://stealthmodels.com/benchmarks/models/owl-alpha?utm_source=huggingface&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=owl-alpha-card"><img src="https://huggingface.co/stealth-model/owl-alpha/resolve/main/panels/verdict.webp" alt="StealthMark 1.8.8 results for Owl Alpha (LongCat-2.0): benchmark score 25.5 out of 100, General Intelligence 17.2, Visual Intelligence 34.4. Strongest at turning a brief into an original character: 61.6 on Selfie."></a>

<a href="https://stealthmodels.com/benchmarks/models/owl-alpha?utm_source=huggingface&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=owl-alpha-card"><img src="https://huggingface.co/stealth-model/owl-alpha/resolve/main/panels/results.webp" alt="Every StealthMark result of Owl Alpha (LongCat-2.0): Selfie 61.6, Beach 54.4, Raccoon 42.6, Newton's Mirror 23.1, Ground Truth 12.9, Mona Lisa 4.1. Not tested yet: Foresight, Latch."></a>

[See what it was built for](https://stealthmodels.com/owl-alpha?utm_source=huggingface&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=owl-alpha-card#work)

<a href="https://stealthmodels.com/owl-alpha/?utm_source=huggingface&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=owl-alpha-card"><img src="https://huggingface.co/stealth-model/owl-alpha/resolve/main/panels/case.webp" alt="The case file. First seen 28 Apr 2026, revealed 29 Jun 2026, developer Meituan, context 1,048,576 tokens, input Text, tool calls Yes, native, speed in our tests about 86 tok/s. 28 Apr 2026: Appears with free access, a 1M-token context and no developer’s name. 29 Jun 2026: Meituan names LongCat-2.0 as the model behind Owl Alpha. 12 Jul 2026: The LongCat-2.0 weights follow under the MIT license."></a>

[See how it was revealed](https://stealthmodels.com/owl-alpha?utm_source=huggingface&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=owl-alpha-card#clue-reveal)

<details><summary>Facts as text</summary>

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| First seen | 28 Apr 2026 |
| Revealed | 29 Jun 2026 |
| Developer | Meituan |
| Context | 1,048,576 tokens |
| Input | Text |
| Tool calls | Yes, native |
| Speed in our tests | about 86 tok/s |
| Access | Stealth access ended; available as LongCat-2.0 |

</details>

## Run it
The weights are open at [meituan-longcat/LongCat-2.0](https://huggingface.co/meituan-longcat/LongCat-2.0) under MIT. With 1.6 trillion parameters it needs a multi-GPU server, and there's no GGUF yet.

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