Nous Research has released NousCoder-14B, a new open-source code generation model. The 14-billion-parameter model is designed to compete with proprietary models like Anthropic’s Claude Code, offering developers a free alternative for code completion and generation tasks. It is based on the DeepSeek-Coder architecture and trained on a large dataset of code from multiple programming languages. The release comes at a time of growing interest in AI coding assistants, positioning itself as a capable and accessible option for the developer community. Read the full article at: https://venturebeat.com/technology/nous-researchs-nouscoder-14b-is-an-open-source-coding-model-landing-right-in