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GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot: Alternative AI coding assistant, though more consumer/developer self-serve oriented
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Open-weight foundation models built for agentic software engineering
Overview
Poolside is a foundation model company focused on AI for software development. It develops the Laguna family of open-weight models, including Laguna S 2.1 (118B parameters, 1M context) and Laguna XS 2.1 (33B parameters, 256K context, designed for on-device use), alongside desktop and CLI tools for building with them. The company primarily sells to large enterprises, banks, and government/defense customers with sizeable engineering organizations, while also making models available on usage-based token pricing through platforms like OpenRouter and Vercel AI Gateway.
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GitHub Copilot: Alternative AI coding assistant, though more consumer/developer self-serve oriented
Pricing
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Laguna XS 2.1
On request
Laguna S 2.1
On request
Enterprise / Government
On request
Capabilities
Laguna S 2.1
118B-parameter frontier-class coding model with a 1M token context window
Laguna XS 2.1
33B-parameter lightweight model designed to run on-device with a 256K context window
Desktop and CLI tools
Native applications for building and coding with Poolside's models
Open-weight models
Model weights are published openly rather than kept fully closed
Third-party gateway access
Models available via OpenRouter and Vercel AI Gateway
Answered, with sources
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Laguna XS 2.1 is priced at $0.06 per 1M input tokens and $0.12 per 1M output tokens; Laguna S 2.1 is $0.10 per 1M input tokens and $0.20 per 1M output tokens.
SourceLaguna models are available through third-party gateways OpenRouter and Vercel AI Gateway, as well as via Poolside's own desktop and CLI tools.
SourceYes, Poolside offers custom, sales-quoted contracts for large enterprises and government/defense customers, including on-premise or dedicated deployment options.
SourcePoolside's documentation provides a quickstart guide for installing the `pool` CLI and running an agent task, alongside API documentation for custom integrations.
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