Nous Research has released NousCoder-14B, a new open-source AI model specifically designed for code generation and programming tasks. The 14-billion-parameter model is positioned as a strong competitor to proprietary models like Anthropic’s Claude Code, offering similar capabilities in a freely available format. It was trained on a large, diverse dataset of code from multiple programming languages and benchmarks show it performing competitively against other leading models in its class. The release highlights the ongoing trend in the AI industry of capable open-source alternatives emerging quickly after new proprietary advancements are announced. Read the full article at: https://venturebeat.com/technology/nous-researchs-nouscoder-14b-is-an-open-source-coding-model-landing-right-in