Cognition Releases SWE-2 Coding Model at 64% Lower Cost

Cognition released SWE-2, a post-trained coding model built on the Kimi K3 foundation that matches Fable 5.1's performance on FrontierCode benchmarks while reducing costs by 64%. The model targets cost efficiency in software engineering tasks, offering a cheaper alternative for large-scale agentic coding operations.

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