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American AI startup Poolside launches free, high-performing open model Laguna XS.2 for local agentic coding

Poolside releases Laguna XS.2, a free open-source AI model for local agentic coding, enabling developers to run advanced code generation offline without cloud dependencies.

Thursday, April 30, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: VentureBeatBY sys://pipeline

Poolside, an American AI startup, launches Laguna XS.2, a free and high-performing open-source AI model designed for local agentic coding tasks, making advanced coding capabilities available to developers without cloud dependencies.

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