Poolside releases 118B Laguna S 2.1 for local coding agents
The open-weight model activates 8B parameters per token, while Poolside's benchmark claims still await independent leaderboard verification.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: Poolside on X
Why it matters
Laguna S 2.1 tests whether a US lab can pair competitive open weights with a paid enterprise deployment business built around security, control and predictable inference costs.
Poolside co-founders Eiso Kant (@eisokant) and Jason Warner (@jasoncwarner) released Laguna S 2.1 on July 21st, an open-weight coding model built to bring long-running software agents onto hardware controlled by their users.…
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