Nous Research has released NousCoder-14B, a new open-source large language model specifically designed for code generation and understanding. The model, with 14 billion parameters, is positioned as a competitive alternative to proprietary models like Anthropic’s Claude Code. It is built on the DeepSeek-Coder architecture and fine-tuned on a diverse dataset of code and natural language instructions. Key features highlighted include its strong performance on coding benchmarks, its permissive Apache 2.0 license allowing commercial use, and its efficiency in terms of parameter count relative to capability. The release comes amid growing industry focus on specialized AI coding assistants. Read the full article at: https://venturebeat.com/technology/nous-researchs-nouscoder-14b-is-an-open-source-coding-model-landing-right-in