Ollama added IBM Granite 4.2 in 3B, 8B, and 30B sizes, Apache 2.0, free for research and commercial use. The family is aimed at enterprise agents: coding, RAG, tool use, structured JSON, multilingual chat, and a built-in thinking mode, with data and training run through IBM GRC and document-quality reviews. Context is 128K; ollama run granite4.2 is enough to start locally. For teams that cannot send code off-network but still want a reason-on/off small model with a commercial license, it is a compliance-friendly local agent base.

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  • ✓Granite 4.2 ships 3B/8B/30B under Apache 2.0 for research and commercial use.
  • ✓Targets enterprise agents: coding, RAG, tools, JSON, multilingual, plus togglable thinking.
  • ✓GRC-screened training data; 128K context on Ollama via ollama run granite4.2.
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