Owl Alpha Open-Sourced After Topping OpenRouter Charts
BanghuaZ · x · 2026-07-06
The Owl Alpha model, which rapidly climbed to the top three in API call volume on OpenRouter after its launch, has now been open-sourced. Built upon LongCat 2.0, it has garnered significant attention within the open-source community.
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