Nous Research has released NousCoder-14B, a new open-source code generation model with 14 billion parameters. The model is designed to compete with proprietary models like Claude Code and is built on the DeepSeek-Coder architecture. It was trained on a large dataset of code from over 30 programming languages and is available for commercial use under the MIT license. The release comes at a time of increased focus on AI coding assistants, positioning it as a powerful, freely accessible alternative. Read the full article at: https://venturebeat.com/technology/nous-researchs-nouscoder-14b-is-an-open-source-coding-model-landing-right-in