Tianqiao Chen's Apodex 1.1 Open Source Local Version: 35B Model with Harness Takes Top Spot in Financial Benchmark

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In a recent development, Apodex, founded by Chen Tianqiao, has released version 1.1, marking the first time the complete local version toolchain is made available. This includes the FrontierAgent, along with a 35B-grade open-weight model, Apodex 1.1 mini.

The FrontierAgent is capable of file reading, web scraping, and code execution, and can also coordinate multiple agents simultaneously. The most significant change in version 1.1 is the shift to asynchronous collaboration: whichever Agent completes its task first will have its results returned first. The main Agent can dynamically adjust subsequent tasks based on new information at any time, without having to wait for all branches to finish together. During task execution, users can continue to add files, modify requests, or stop a particular branch.

The accompanying Apodex 1.1 mini has also made its weights open for direct local execution within the FrontierAgent. Upon enabling Agent Team, it scored 50.2 in the FrontierFinance financial agent evaluation, ranking first compared to the official benchmark model; APEX-Agents scored 27.7, trailing the highest score by only 0.2.

The more powerful full version of Apodex 1.1 is currently only available on the official online workbench and has not opened its weights for public access.