Mercedes Rolls Out On-Device Liquid AI to 2027 E-Class via OTA

Mercedes-Benz began pushing an over-the-air update in October that slips Liquid AI's foundation models into North American cars, starting with the 2027 E-Class and CLE, the Wall Street Journal reported. The 2027 S-Class, GLC Electric and GLE are lined up for the second quarter of 2027.

The models run locally on the Mercedes-Benz Operating System rather than calling a server. Liquid AI, an MIT spinout led by chief executive Ramin Hasani, pitches the design around lower latency and 'a more consistent experience in everyday driving situations' without continuous data exchange with the cloud; the on-device stack handles speech recognition, language understanding and reasoning inside the car, on third- and fourth-generation MBUX hardware.

In a LinkedIn post, Mercedes-Benz's Magnus Östberg framed the embedded AI as 'private, fast and intelligent.'

The partnership was first announced in April 2026 with a target of the second half of the year for initial production, and the October push meets that date. It is one of 51 edge AI stories we have tracked in the past ninety days, notable for putting embedded foundation models into a shipping luxury lineup rather than a reference board.