Finally, a dev kit for designing on-device, mobile AI apps is here: Liquid AI’s LEAP

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Liquid AI, the startup formed by former Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers to develop novel AI model architectures beyond the widely-used “Transformers“, today announced the release of LEAP aka the “Liquid Edge AI Platform,” a cross-platform software development kit (SDK) designed to make it easier for developers to integrate small language models (SLMs) directly into mobile applications.

Alongside LEAP, the company also introduced Apollo, a companion iOS app for testing these models locally, furthering Liquid AI’s mission to enable privacy-preserving, efficient AI on consumer hardware.

The LEAP SDK arrives at a time when many developers are seeking alternatives to cloud-only AI services due to concerns over latency, cost, privacy, and offline availability.

LEAP addresses those needs head-on with a local-first approach that ...