Arena Conversations: Poolside researchers discuss open coding models and full trajectory releases
arena · x · 2026-08-14
Arena releases a new podcast episode where host @petergostev talks with Poolside AI researchers Connor Adams and Aalhad Patankar about building frontier open coding models. Topics include Poolside's Laguna model family, why they publish full trajectories (not just benchmark scores) for audit, and experiments ranging from data mixes to reward-tuning, run tens of thousands of times daily.
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