Recursive launches Flint, a coding model built largely by its own AI

Recursive, an AI startup, has released Flint, a free coding model designed to run on laptops. The company says the model was built largely by its own AI research system rather than traditional human engineering, positioning it as an early demonstration of AI systems that can improve and refine themselves.

Flint's release represents a test of Recursive's core thesis: that AI can be used to accelerate AI development itself. By using its research system to create much of the model, the company aims to show how AI-driven workflows might reduce human effort in building new models.