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IQuest-Q1: Open-source agentic foundation model for CLI systems released

Researchers have introduced IQuest-Q1, an open-source agentic foundation model designed for command-line interface (CLI) systems. This model utilizes a sparse Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture with 320 billion total parameters, activating 15 billion at a time. Its development involved a three-stage process including stable pre-training with specific normalization techniques and curriculum learning, fine-grained mid-training to expand data mixtures and context length, and multi-scaffold post-training combining supervised fine-tuning and reinforcement learning. The resulting model demonstrates proficiency in both coding and general tasks. AI

IMPACT This open-source release of IQuest-Q1 could accelerate research and development in agentic CLI systems and foundation models.

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  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · A. Jian Yang, An Huang, Bo Dan, Chen Mu, Chengran Yang, Chuan Shi, Feng Chang, Hongxin Li, Hongyuan Tao, Jinxing Zhang, Jujie He, Kun Wang, Lin Jing, Ming Yang, Qicheng Hu, Renyuan Li, Shark Liu, Shawn Guo, Shi Qing, Shi Zhong, Tianyu Zheng, Wei Liu, Wei… ·

    IQuest-Q1: Advancing Foundation Capabilities for Agentic CLI Systems

    arXiv:2610.30949v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We present IQuest-Q1, a sparse Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) agentic foundation model with 320B total parameters (15B activated). IQuest-Q1 is developed through a three-stage process: (1) stable and efficient pre-training, combining Stab…

  2. Hugging Face Daily Papers TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    IQuest-Q1: Advancing Foundation Capabilities for Agentic CLI Systems

    IQuest-Q1 is a sparse Mixture-of-Experts foundation model trained via multi-stage pre-training, mid-training, and post-training to achieve strong agentic coding and general capabilities.