Recursive launches Flint, a fast open-weight coding model built to run locally

The AI startup's first model hits over 125 tokens per second on a MacBook Pro and was built in under four months with help from an automated research system Recursive has released its first model, and it is not asking for your API key. Flint is an open-weight coding model designed to run on your own machine, and the company says it pushes past 125 tokens per second on a MacBook Pro. Flint launched on October 21, 2026. It is a 40-billion-parameter model built specifically for coding work. On a MacBook Pro with an M4 Pro chip, Flint generates over 125 tokens per second. On RTX Spark hardware, Flint could potentially reach 150 tokens per second or more.

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