Richard Socher's Recursive open-sources Flint: 40B MoE, 2.5B active, Apache 2, runs coding locally on Mac
altryne · x · 2026-10-28
Recursive, founded by Richard Socher, released Flint, an open-source model with 40B total parameters and 2.5B active (Apache 2.0), designed to run coding agents fully locally on a Mac. After this week's security incidents, an agent that never leaves your machine is a feature — full conversation with Tim Shi and others linked.
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