# Cognition introduces SWE-2 Flash, a fast open-weight coding model

> Original title: Introducing SWE-2 Flash, our new fast & efficient coding model.

- Source: Cognition
- Published: 2026-11-04T19:55:22.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/qn89rbkv1fmdmhu94qn4gp978
- Original: https://x.com/cognition/status/2118069614521241739

## Summary

Cognition introduces SWE-2 Flash, a fast and efficient coding model that it says outperforms all American open-weight models on leading evals, including ones three times larger. To balance transparency and cyber risks, Cognition says it is building a program to share the weights securely with partners and researchers.

## Post

Introducing SWE-2 Flash, our new fast & efficient coding model.

On leading evals, it outperforms all American open-weight models, even ones 3x larger.

To balance transparency and cyber risks, we are building a program to securely share the weights with partners & researchers.

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