Nous Research has released NousCoder-14B, a new open-source AI model specialized for code generation and understanding. The model, with 14 billion parameters, is designed to compete with proprietary models like Anthropic’s Claude Code. It is built on the DeepSeek-Coder architecture and fine-tuned on a large dataset of code and technical documentation. The release is positioned to capitalize on the current industry focus on AI coding assistants. The model is available for commercial use under the Apache 2.0 license, aiming to provide a powerful, freely accessible alternative for developers and researchers. For more details, read the full article at https://venturebeat.com/technology/nous-researchs-nouscoder-14b-is-an-open-source-coding-model-landing-right-in.