AnalysisAI ModelsJuly 23, 2026
Inside the Model Factory — Eiso Kant, Poolside AI

Latent Space podcast with Poolside's Eiso Kant covers the startup's model-building approach and its new Laguna S 2.1 models, which it says are beating Thinking Machines' recent release. The episode frames the rollout amid open vs closed and US vs China debates over model ownership and sovereign AI.
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