Poolside
- Rank
- Score
- 64/149
- 45 out of 100
Poolside is an artificial intelligence company that builds its own foundation models for software development and enterprise work. It releases the Laguna family of models, including open-weight checkpoints on Hugging Face, and sells its coding assistant to businesses and governments.
Is Laguna safe?
Laguna scores 45 out of 100 and ranks 64 of 149. Its strongest category is Privacy, and its weakest category is Security.
How is Laguna scored?
Laguna is scored out of 100 on Safety (25%), Transparency (25%), Security (25%), and Privacy (25%). See how we score.
Safety framework
Average used24.4This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Pre-release testing
0Points for each confirmed yes.
- No
Was the model tested for dangerous capabilities, such as biological, chemical or cyber risks?
Company claim0/50huggingface.co (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - No
Did an outside organisation test the model before release?
Company claim0/50huggingface.co (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026
Safety test results
Average used74.1This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Incident record
Not enough dataProtecting children
50Points for each confirmed yes.
- No
Does the model card report child-safety tests or safeguards?
Company claim0/50huggingface.co (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does the privacy policy set a minimum age, or say the service is not directed at children?
Company claim50/50“We do not knowingly collect or solicit Personal Data from children under 16 years of age; if you are a child under the age of 18, please do…” MoreLess
“We do not knowingly collect or solicit Personal Data from children under 16 years of age; if you are a child under the age of 18, please do not attempt to register for or otherwise use the Services or send us any Personal Data.”
poolside.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026
Model documentation
75Points for each confirmed yes.
- Yes
Does the model card describe what the model can do?
Company claim25/25“Laguna S 2.1 is a 118B total parameter Mixture-of-Experts model with 8B activated parameters per token, designed for agentic coding and long…” MoreLess
“Laguna S 2.1 is a 118B total parameter Mixture-of-Experts model with 8B activated parameters per token, designed for agentic coding and long-horizon work.”
huggingface.co (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does the model card report test results?
Company claim25/25“Benchmark results” (results shown in a table on the source page)
huggingface.co (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - No
Does the model card state the model's limitations?
Company claim0/25huggingface.co (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does the model card describe safety safeguards?
Company claim25/25“We advise against circumventing Laguna S 2.1 safety guardrails without implementing substantially equivalent mitigations appropriate for you…” MoreLess
“We advise against circumventing Laguna S 2.1 safety guardrails without implementing substantially equivalent mitigations appropriate for your use case.”
huggingface.co (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026
Training-data disclosure
Average used29.9This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Independent transparency index
Average used40.7This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Transparency reports
Average used25This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Public safety commitments
0Average of the commitments signed.
- No
Has it signed the EU code of practice for general-purpose AI?
Company claim0/100European Commission (opens in a new tab) · 14 Oct 2026 - No
Did it sign only the safety and security chapter?
Company claim0/50European Commission (opens in a new tab) · 14 Oct 2026 - No
Has it signed the Frontier AI Safety Commitments (Seoul 2024)?
Company claim0/100Frontier AI Safety Commitments (opens in a new tab) · 14 Oct 2026
Security programme and certifications
34Points for each confirmed yes.
- Yes
Is there a way to report security flaws, such as a bug bounty?
Company claim34/34“Contact: mailto:security@poolside.ai”
poolside.ai security contact (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - No
Does it state it holds a SOC 2 Type II report?
Company claim0/33No document found - No
Does it state it holds ISO 27001 certification?
Company claim0/33No document found
Software vulnerabilities
Not enough dataData breaches
Not enough dataClear privacy policy
100Points for each confirmed yes.
- Yes
Does the privacy policy say what personal data is collected?
Company claim20/20“Contact Data such as first and last name, email, phone number, and unique identifiers.”
poolside.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does the privacy policy say whether your data is used to train AI?
Company claim20/20“This includes training our machine learning models (unless you opt-out).”
poolside.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does the privacy policy say how long data is kept?
Company claim20/20“We retain Personal Data about you for as long as necessary to provide you with our Services or to perform our business or commercial purpose…” MoreLess
“We retain Personal Data about you for as long as necessary to provide you with our Services or to perform our business or commercial purposes for collecting your Personal Data.”
poolside.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does the privacy policy say who your data is shared with?
Company claim20/20“We disclose your Personal Data to the categories of service providers and other parties listed in this section.”
poolside.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does the privacy policy explain your privacy rights?
Company claim20/20“Right to File Complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint about Poolside’s practices with respect to your Personal Data with the supe…” MoreLess
“Right to File Complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint about Poolside’s practices with respect to your Personal Data with the supervisory authority of your country or EU Member State.”
poolside.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026
Training-data defaults
50100 if training is opt-in only, 50 if you can opt out, 0 if neither.
- No
Is your data used for training only if you opt in?
Company claim0/100poolside.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - Yes
Can you stop your data being used for training?
Company claim50/50“This includes training our machine learning models (unless you opt-out).”
poolside.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026
Export and delete your data
100Points for each confirmed yes.
- Yes
Can you get a copy of your data?
Company claim50/50“Portability: You can ask for a copy of your Personal Data in a machine-readable format.”
poolside.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - Yes
Can you delete your data?
Company claim50/50“Erasure: You can request that we erase some or all of your Personal Data from our systems.”
poolside.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026
Privacy fines
Not enough dataIndependent privacy ratings
Average used52.9This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Risk governance
Average used26.6This outside rating doesn't cover this company, so the average of the companies it covers is used.
Regulator actions
Not enough dataCourt judgments
Not enough dataPrivacy contact and complaints
100Points for each confirmed yes.
- Yes
Is there a privacy contact, such as an email or a data protection officer?
Company claim50/50“If you believe that a child under 18 years of age may have provided Personal Data to us, please contact us at privacy@poolside.ai.”
poolside.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026 - Yes
Does it tell you that you can complain to a regulator?
Company claim50/50“Right to File Complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint about Poolside’s practices with respect to your Personal Data with the supe…” MoreLess
“Right to File Complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint about Poolside’s practices with respect to your Personal Data with the supervisory authority of your country or EU Member State.”
poolside.ai privacy policy (opens in a new tab) · 20 Oct 2026
Score history
Newest first. Only days when the score changed are listed.
2 Nov 2026
Score 45
Method 2 Nov 2026
+3 · Method update
28 Oct 2026
Score 42
Method 28 Oct 2026, update 2
-1
23 Oct 2026
Score 43
Method 21 Oct 2026
+3 · Data fix
21 Oct 2026
Score 40
Method 21 Oct 2026
-4 · Method update
20 Oct 2026
Score 44
Method Not recorded
+7 · Reason not recorded
14 Oct 2026
Score 37
Method Not recorded
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