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Poolside AI releases Lagona S2.1, a 118B MoE coding model runnable on consumer hardware

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Poolside AI has released Lagona S2.1, an 118-billion-parameter mixture-of-experts model designed for local deployment by developers. Despite its large parameter count, only a fraction are active per token, allowing it to run on consumer hardware like an RTX 3090 or a MacBook. The model demonstrates strong performance on coding benchmarks, outperforming models like Gemini 3.5 Flash and Claude Sonnet, and is capable of generating complex applications and simulations. AI

IMPACT Enables developers to run powerful coding models locally, potentially increasing productivity and reducing reliance on cloud infrastructure.

RANK_REASON New model release from a mid-size AI lab with notable efficiency and local deployment capabilities. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Poolside AI releases Lagona S2.1, a 118B MoE coding model runnable on consumer hardware

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · shakti tiwari ·

    Poolside Lagona S2.1 Review: A 118B MoE Coding Model That Runs on a Single 3090

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