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Poolside releases free Apache open model Laguna XS2 for local agentic coding on laptops and single GPUs
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Published on 28 April 2026
It can run offline and even ship weights for isolated servers
San Francisco startup Poolside has launched Laguna XS.2, a high-performing, Apache 2.0 open-weight AI model aimed at agentic coding—writing code and using tools locally. Developers can download it to run on a laptop with quantization, while the larger Laguna M.1 is temporarily offered for free via APIs. Poolside also introduced “pool” and “shimmer” to turn models into hands-on coding agents.
- Laguna XS.2 is Apache 2.0 open weight, built for local agentic coding and offline use
- The larger Laguna M.1 is temporarily free via API and partners like Ollama and OpenRouter
- Models were trained from scratch and optimized with Muon, AutoMixer, and reinforcement learning
- New tools pool (terminal agent) and shimmer (mobile-ready dev sandbox) bring agentic workflows to users
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