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# Sapient's PRAXIST Beta Beats Claude Opus 4\.8 on MLE\-Bench in Open Source Launch

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**Published:** 2026-08-28T08:42:19.000Z
**Category:** Models
**Topics:** open\-source, agent, research, coding

## Summary

Sapient Intelligence released PRAXIST Beta, an open\-source autonomous R&amp;D system that uses parallel "Research Peers" to explore competing approaches and share…

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