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Jul 27, 2026·3 min

Poolside Laguna Model Launch: Can Silicon Valley's Open-Source Push Catch Up to China's AI?

Poolside launches Laguna open-weight model after 18 months of silence, pitting 118B parameters against Kimi K3's 2.8 trillion. Can Silicon Valley's open-source push close the gap with Chinese AI?

Jul 27, 2026·3 min

Poolside Laguna Model Release: Can Silicon Valley Open Source Catch Up with Chinese AI?

Poolside releases its Laguna open-weight model after 18 months of silence, challenging Moonshot's Kimi K3 with 118B vs 2.8T parameters. Can Silicon Valley close the gap with Chinese AI?

Jul 25, 2026·3 min

Laguna S 2.1: The Open-Source Coding Model That's 14x Smaller Yet Stronger

Poolside releases Laguna S 2.1, an open-source agentic coding model: 118B total params with only 8B active, scoring 40.4% on DeepSWE — ~4.5x DeepSeek V4 Pro Max. Supports 1M-token context, deployable on a single workstation.