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SenseNova Loop 9B Preview
SenseTime's small open-weight multimodal model that runs a block of its layers twice, aimed at long documents, coding and tool use.
SenseTime released SenseNova Loop 9B Preview on October 30, 2026. The model card news line says the release date is 2026.10.30. It has about 9B parameters. It takes text and images and outputs text. It is built for long-context and agentic work: document understanding, coding, and external tools. The looped design runs 24 decoder layers twice with shared weights, so 56 layer passes come from 32 stored layers. Training recipes go up to 256K tokens (262,144). The license is Apache 2.0. It is also on ModelScope. It is a preview. The technical report is listed as TBD. Loading it in Transformers needs trust_remote_code. That is why this listing is Watch, not Try it. Last checked November 2, 2026.
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This is a dated release only. It does not have a rank on a use-case list. Feed label: Vibe coding · AI agents.
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Free
Free. Apache 2.0 weights. It is a preview. The technical report is listed as TBD.
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Added November 2, 2026
Last verified November 2, 2026
Dated releases
SenseTime released SenseNova Loop 9B Preview, a small open-weight multimodal model. The technical report is still TBD.