apex-flash-1

A person can use it as a focused worker for security investigations under the direction of a larger agent.

Availability

Checkpoint available on Hugging Face

Pricing model

Not established

Deployment

Not established

Privacy

Not established

Licence

MIT

• The model is a reinforcement-learning post-train of GLM-5.3-Flash for focused investigations. ^[1]

  It is a reinforcement learning post-train of GLM-5.3-Flash for focused investigations: reading code, using tools, pursuing an exploit, and verifying its effect in a running target.

• The model is intended for reading code, using tools, pursuing an exploit, and verifying its effect in a running target. ^[1]

  It is a reinforcement learning post-train of GLM-5.3-Flash for focused investigations: reading code, using tools, pursuing an exploit, and verifying its effect in a running target.

• Cantina Security describes apex-flash-1 as its first open-weights security model. ^[1]

  **apex-flash-1** is Cantina Security's first open-weights security model, developed in partnership with [Yeta](https://yeta.ai/) ([@yetalabs on X](https://x.com/yetalabs)).

• Cantina Security recommends the Codex harness for this checkpoint. ^[1]

  We recommend the Codex harness for this checkpoint.

• The model retains the base model's image-text-to-text architecture. ^[1]

  The checkpoint retains the base model's image-text-to-text architecture.

• The reported evaluation covers text-based security tasks; image and video performance have not been evaluated. ^[1]

  Our reported evaluation covers text-based security tasks; we have not evaluated image or video performance.

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