Scaling Agents via Continual Pre-training

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Autori principali: Su, Liangcai, Zhang, Zhen, Li, Guangyu, Chen, Zhuo, Wang, Chenxi, Song, Maojia, Wang, Xinyu, Li, Kuan, Wu, Jialong, Chen, Xuanzhong, Qiao, Zile, Zhang, Zhongwang, Yin, Huifeng, Cai, Shihao, Fang, Runnan, Tao, Zhengwei, Yin, Wenbiao, Qian, Chenxiong, Jiang, Yong, Xie, Pengjun, Huang, Fei, Zhou, Jingren
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author Su, Liangcai
Zhang, Zhen
Li, Guangyu
Chen, Zhuo
Wang, Chenxi
Song, Maojia
Wang, Xinyu
Li, Kuan
Wu, Jialong
Chen, Xuanzhong
Qiao, Zile
Zhang, Zhongwang
Yin, Huifeng
Cai, Shihao
Fang, Runnan
Tao, Zhengwei
Yin, Wenbiao
Qian, Chenxiong
Jiang, Yong
Xie, Pengjun
Huang, Fei
Zhou, Jingren
author_facet Su, Liangcai
Zhang, Zhen
Li, Guangyu
Chen, Zhuo
Wang, Chenxi
Song, Maojia
Wang, Xinyu
Li, Kuan
Wu, Jialong
Chen, Xuanzhong
Qiao, Zile
Zhang, Zhongwang
Yin, Huifeng
Cai, Shihao
Fang, Runnan
Tao, Zhengwei
Yin, Wenbiao
Qian, Chenxiong
Jiang, Yong
Xie, Pengjun
Huang, Fei
Zhou, Jingren
contents Large language models (LLMs) have evolved into agentic systems capable of autonomous tool use and multi-step reasoning for complex problem-solving. However, post-training approaches building upon general-purpose foundation models consistently underperform in agentic tasks, particularly in open-source implementations. We identify the root cause: the absence of robust agentic foundation models forces models during post-training to simultaneously learn diverse agentic behaviors while aligning them to expert demonstrations, thereby creating fundamental optimization tensions. To this end, we are the first to propose incorporating Agentic Continual Pre-training (Agentic CPT) into the deep research agents training pipeline to build powerful agentic foundational models. Based on this approach, we develop a deep research agent model named AgentFounder. We evaluate our AgentFounder-30B on 10 benchmarks and achieve state-of-the-art performance while retains strong tool-use ability, notably 39.9% on BrowseComp-en, 43.3% on BrowseComp-zh, and 31.5% Pass@1 on HLE.
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spellingShingle Scaling Agents via Continual Pre-training
Su, Liangcai
Zhang, Zhen
Li, Guangyu
Chen, Zhuo
Wang, Chenxi
Song, Maojia
Wang, Xinyu
Li, Kuan
Wu, Jialong
Chen, Xuanzhong
Qiao, Zile
Zhang, Zhongwang
Yin, Huifeng
Cai, Shihao
Fang, Runnan
Tao, Zhengwei
Yin, Wenbiao
Qian, Chenxiong
Jiang, Yong
Xie, Pengjun
Huang, Fei
Zhou, Jingren
Computation and Language
Large language models (LLMs) have evolved into agentic systems capable of autonomous tool use and multi-step reasoning for complex problem-solving. However, post-training approaches building upon general-purpose foundation models consistently underperform in agentic tasks, particularly in open-source implementations. We identify the root cause: the absence of robust agentic foundation models forces models during post-training to simultaneously learn diverse agentic behaviors while aligning them to expert demonstrations, thereby creating fundamental optimization tensions. To this end, we are the first to propose incorporating Agentic Continual Pre-training (Agentic CPT) into the deep research agents training pipeline to build powerful agentic foundational models. Based on this approach, we develop a deep research agent model named AgentFounder. We evaluate our AgentFounder-30B on 10 benchmarks and achieve state-of-the-art performance while retains strong tool-use ability, notably 39.9% on BrowseComp-en, 43.3% on BrowseComp-zh, and 31.5% Pass@1 on HLE.
title Scaling Agents via Continual Pre-training
topic Computation and Language
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.13310