
Vinci MLE 1.0
Trained to help find problems when building AI, make careful changes, and ask for more information when needed.
A valid held-out ML-engineering evaluation has not been completed for 1.0.
SimpleDirect® is an independent Canadian AI lab operated by Alpine Pacific Trading Inc. in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Vinci names its AI research, models, technologies, and products.
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8B and 30B · Apache-2.0 · Research release
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Trained to help find problems when building AI, make careful changes, and ask for more information when needed.
A valid held-out ML-engineering evaluation has not been completed for 1.0.

8B, 30B and 123B are available with open weights on Hugging Face.

A coding agent for your terminal.

Research into what AI evaluations miss.

Our open-source CLI helps our AI agents work on coding tasks and keep track of what’s done, what’s blocked, and what still needs checking. See the tool we use in our own work.
Explore Vinci Code CLIOur model cards explain how each model was trained, what we tested, and what remains unknown. We publish research results, including setbacks, so you can judge the work for yourself.
We study AI-model behaviour and the reliability of the tests used to judge it. Technical reports preserve methods, trade-offs, corrections, and negative findings.

Vinci MLE 1.0 introduces 8B and 30B open-weight research models developed by SimpleDirect® in Canada.

The reason we're building them is personal and practical. I want AI to become a useful collaborator in the work of building AI.

As Vinci grows across models, tools, workflows and research, we want the experience to feel more human while keeping the work precise. That is what Vero is for.
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Products still in development will be shared as they become available.