Recursive Trained Flint From Scratch in Four Months Using Automated Research

Recursive SI's Tim Shi said the company's Flint model went from scratch to release in under four months, with pre-training and post-training started only a month before launch, thanks to automating research across nearly the entire pipeline.

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