Poolside says its 118B-A8B open-weight model hits 70%+ on TB2.1 in under nine weeks
nathanbenaich · x · 2026-07-22
A repost says Poolside’s new open-weight model is a 118B-A8B system that scores 70%+ on TB2.1, fits inside a DGX Spark, and reportedly went from training start to launch in under nine weeks.
The post also claims the model was trained on 4,096 H200s and hints that the company built it using a “Model Factory,” suggesting a highly industrialized training pipeline.
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