Poolside
- Provider rank
- #53
- by best model
- Best index
- 37.5
- Laguna M.1
- Ranked models
- 2
- 1 open weights
- Cheapest ranked
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Release timeline
Each model’s best configuration by release date. The top eight are labelled; hover any point for its name.
Next release
Not enough dated releases to estimate a cadence.
Head to head
Poolside vs OpenAI
Poolside vs Anthropic
Poolside vs Moonshot AI
Poolside vs Meta
Poolside vs Google
Poolside vs Alibaba
Poolside vs xAI
Poolside vs Zhipu AI
Poolside vs DeepSeek
Poolside vs NVIDIAModels
Every Poolside model with a result, one row per model; switch to all configurations to see each reasoning effort.
2 of 2
| # | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laguna M.1Poolsideopen | 37.5±10 | – | – | – | 262k | 2026-04-28 | 2026-09-08 |
| 2 | Laguna XS.2Poolside | 36.3±7 | – | – | – | – | 2026-04-28 | 2026-09-08 |
Latest news
- Nvidia Pays Poolside $6 Billion To License Its Model Factory And WorkersForbes · 24 Aug 2026
- Nvidia Is Spending $6 Billion to Build a Powerful U.S. Alternative to Chinese AIWSJ · 24 Aug 2026
- Nvidia Makes Waves With Poolside Deal, AI InvestmentsInvestor's Business Daily · 24 Aug 2026
- SOURCES: Poolside Strikes $6 Billion Licensing Deal with Nvidia & Raises $1 Billion for Remaining Company at $12 Billion ValuationNewcomer | Substack · 20 Aug 2026
- Nvidia is paying $6 billion to license AI model software from startup Poolsideqz.com · 24 Aug 2026
- Nvidia to Pay Poolside a $6 Billion License, Tap Startup’s StaffYahoo Finance · 21 Aug 2026
- Poolside AI’s $6B Nvidia licensing deal reshapes the model-building raceDealroom · 21 Aug 2026
- Nvidia to compete with US, Chinese AI models under $6B Poolside dealSeeking Alpha · 23 Aug 2026