Nous Research has released NousCoder-14B, a new open-source AI model specialized for code generation and programming tasks. The 14-billion-parameter model is designed to compete with proprietary models like Claude Code, offering developers a free and transparent alternative. It is built on the DeepSeek-Coder architecture and fine-tuned on a large dataset of high-quality code, aiming to provide strong performance in code completion, debugging, and explanation. The release capitalizes on the current industry focus on AI coding assistants, providing an option that can be run locally or customized without vendor lock-in. Read the full article at: https://venturebeat.com/technology/nous-researchs-nouscoder-14b-is-an-open-source-coding-model-landing-right-in