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Poolside AI releases open-weight Laguna XS.2 and M.1 coding models

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Poolside AI has released two new agentic coding models, Laguna M.1 and Laguna XS.2, along with their agent training and operation runtime. Laguna M.1 is a large Mixture of Experts (MoE) model trained on 30T tokens using NVIDIA Hopper GPUs, while Laguna XS.2 is a smaller, open-weight model available under an Apache 2.0 license. These models are designed for long-horizon tasks and aim to enable more capable AI agents that can write and execute code. AI

IMPACT Provides open-weight agentic coding models, potentially accelerating development of more capable AI agents.

RANK_REASON Release of open-weight models and associated runtime by a company previously focused on government clients.

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Poolside AI releases open-weight Laguna XS.2 and M.1 coding models

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COVERAGE [4]

  1. Hacker News — AI stories ≥50 points TIER_1 (TL) · tosh ·

    Laguna XS.2 and M.1

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · firethering ·

    Poolside AI spent years building AI for governments and public sector clients, the kind of organizations with security requirements so strict that most software

    Poolside AI spent years building AI for governments and public sector clients, the kind of organizations with security requirements so strict that most software never gets near them. Air-gapped deployments, on-premise infrastructure, clearance levels most developers don’t think a…

    LINKS firethering.com/laguna-xs2-poolside-open-…
  3. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 (CA) · CuratedHackerNews ·

    Laguna XS.2 and M.1 https://poolside.ai/blog/laguna-a-deeper-dive # ai

    Laguna XS.2 and M.1 https:// poolside.ai/blog/laguna-a-deep er-dive # ai

  4. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Laguna XS.2 and M.1 https://poolside.ai/blog/laguna-a-deeper-dive # HackerNews # Tech # AI

    Laguna XS.2 and M.1 https://poolside.ai/blog/laguna-a-deeper-dive # HackerNews # Tech # AI

    LINKS poolside.ai/…/laguna-a-deeper-dive

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