# SenseTime Open-Sources Native Unified Multimodal Model SenseNova U1.5-Lite-Preview

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- Published: 2026-08-04T11:56:00.000Z
- Source date: 2026-08-04
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SenseTime has open-sourced SenseNova U1.5-Lite-Preview, a lightweight native unified multimodal model based on the NEO-Unify architecture, which integrates visual understanding, reasoning, generation, and editing using only 8B-MoT parameters.

## At a glance

- Built on NEO-Unify architecture, integrating visual understanding, reasoning, generation, and editing with 8B-MoT parameters
- Natively supports 4K image generation with significantly improved texture quality and instruction adherence

## The update

SenseTime has officially open-sourced SenseNova U1.5-Lite-Preview, a lightweight native unified multimodal model built on the NEO-Unify architecture. Using only 8B-MoT parameters, the model fully integrates capabilities for visual understanding, logical reasoning, content generation, and image editing. In terms of performance, it natively supports 4K resolution image generation and shows significant improvements in local texture details, realistic quality rendering, Chinese and English text typography, and adherence to complex visual instructions. Additionally, the accompanying Prompt Enhance Skill feature lowers the barrier for writing long-form creation prompts, helping users manage complex generation tasks more easily.

## Sources

- [商汤科技SenseTime](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/MPT58s9PGK0al9DqZcoDPw) (2026-08-04)

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