{"slug": "recursive-ships-flint-a-local-coding-model-built-with-automated-ai-research", "title": "Recursive ships Flint, a local coding model built with automated AI research", "summary": "Recursive released Flint on October 21st, an open-weight, Apache 2.0 licensed coding model designed to run locally, announced by Richard Socher in a thread on X. Flint is the first model from Recursive and was built with the startup's automated research system, the Eureka Machine, which uses AI to propose, implement and test improvements to AI systems. Recursive's performance and speed figures for Flint are self-reported and have not been independently verified, making developer results the test of whether the Eureka Machine approach holds up.", "body_md": "# Recursive ships Flint, a local coding model built with automated AI research\n\n**Richard Socher's first model at Recursive is open-weight and Apache 2.0 licensed, with performance and speed claims the company has not independently verified.**\n\n        By [Ryan Merket](https://runtimewire.com/author/ryan-merket)\n        · Published \n\nPrimary source: [Richard Socher on X](https://x.com/RichardSocher/status/2112944385415426249)\n\n## Why it matters\n\nFlint gives Recursive's automated-research thesis a public, downloadable test case. The company's benchmarks and speed figures are self-reported, so developer results and repeat improvements across future models will determine whether the Eureka Machine is more than a compelling account of how Flint was built.\n\n[Richard Socher (@RichardSocher)](https://x.com/RichardSocher) introduced Flint on October 21st as the first model from [Recursive](https://recursive.com/), a coding model designed to run locally and built with the startup's automated research system, the Eureka Machine. The launch puts a developer-facing product behind Recursive's larger bet: using AI to propose, implement and test improvements to AI systems. Socher announced the release in [a thread on X](https://x.com/RichardSocher/status/2112944385415426249).…\n\nWhen you purchase through links in our articles, [we may earn a small commission](https://runtimewire.com/affiliate-monetization-standards). This doesn’t affect our editorial independence.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/recursive-ships-flint-a-local-coding-model-built-with-automated-ai-research", "canonical_source": "https://runtimewire.com/article/recursive-flint-local-coding-model-eureka-machine", "published_at": "2026-10-21 18:02:41+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-21 21:12:57.038313+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-research", "ai-tools", "large-language-models", "ai-startups"], "entities": ["Recursive", "Flint", "Richard Socher", "Eureka Machine", "X"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/recursive-ships-flint-a-local-coding-model-built-with-automated-ai-research", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/recursive-ships-flint-a-local-coding-model-built-with-automated-ai-research.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/recursive-ships-flint-a-local-coding-model-built-with-automated-ai-research.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/recursive-ships-flint-a-local-coding-model-built-with-automated-ai-research.jsonld"}}