- July 15, 2025
- 2 min read
LG AI Research Partners with FriendliAI to Launch EXAONE 4.0 for Fast, Scalable API
We’re thrilled to announce our latest strategic partnership with LG AI Research to bring their state-of-the-art language model, EXAONE 4.0, to general public. Starting today, EXAONE 4.0 is available via API through FriendliAI’s Serverless Endpoint, giving developers and enterprises seamless access to its powerful language capabilities for integration into real-world applications.
This marks the first time EXAONE 4.0 is publicly accessible, and we’re proud to make it possible through Friendli Inference, our high-performance, scalable inference platform purpose-built for modern generative AI workloads.
Meet EXAONE 4.0: LG’s Flagship LLM
EXAONE 4.0 is the latest evolution in LG AI Research’s EXAONE series. Optimized for real-world reasoning, generation, and enterprise applications, EXAONE 4.0 brings advanced capabilities across a wide range of use cases—from intelligent agents to enterprise automation and research. Check out LGAI-EXAONE/EXAONE-4.0-32B to learn more.
Now, with just a few lines of code, or simply visiting the Friendli Suite page, developers can tap into all that power without worrying about GPU infrastructure, or scaling headaches.
FriendliAI x LG: Why This Partnership Matters
About LG AI Research
LG AI Research is the artificial intelligence research division of LG Corporation, focused on advancing foundational AI technologies. The EXAONE series represents LG’s commitment to developing powerful, scalable AI solutions for enterprise and research.
About FriendliAI
FriendliAI is the leading provider of accelerated generative AI inference serving. FriendliAI supports over 410,000 models deployable directly from Hugging Face, enabling fast, cost-efficient deployment for agentic and custom AI solutions. Access Friendli Inference through our Serverless Endpoints, Dedicated Endpoints, Container, and Fine-Tuning solutions.
Through our Serverless Endpoints, you can:
- Start building immediately—no provisioning, no waiting
- Scale effortlessly with high throughput and low latency
- Integrate securely into existing systems and workflows
- Pay only for what you use
FriendliAI’s high-performance platform makes it easy for organizations to test and deploy applications built using the EXAONE 4.0 LLM without investing in infrastructure. With just a few lines of code, any organization can harness the full potential of EXAONE 4.0 without the usual complexity.
Ready to Build with EXAONE 4.0?
EXAONE 4.0 is available today through FriendliAI. Whether you’re a startup, an enterprise, or a research team looking for high-performance language understanding and generation, EXAONE 4.0 is ready to go.
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What is FriendliAI?
FriendliAI is a GPU-inference platform that lets you deploy, scale, and monitor large language and multimodal models in production, without owning or managing GPU infrastructure. We offer three things for your AI models: Unmatched speed, cost efficiency, and operational simplicity. Find out which product is the best fit for you in here.
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Yes. A one-click deploy by selecting “Friendli Endpoints” on the Hugging Face Hub will take you to our model deployment page. The page provides an easy-to-use interface for setting up Friendli Dedicated Endpoints, a managed service for generative AI inference. Learn more about our Hugging Face partnership
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