Recursive releases Flint, a laptop-run coding model
What happened
On 22 October 2026, TechCrunch reported that Recursive has released Flint, its first model: a free coding model that runs offline on a laptop and is available for download on Hugging Face under the Apache 2.0 licence. According to the report, the model was largely built with AI involvement. The model has now been released and is available for download, with no follow-up reporting yet.
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- TechCrunch · AIRecursive launches Flint, a laptop coding model it says was largely built by AI
Startup Recursive has released Flint, a free, laptop-sized coding model built largely by its own AI research system, as an early test of AI that improves itself.
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