bolt.new introduced Bolt Forge, an open-weight coding agent now live in the bolt.new model picker. Free until Oct 14 with up to ~50x usage and zero usage charges; lineup includes GLM 5.3 / GLM 5.3 Flash, Kimi K3, and DeepSeek v4 Pro. Opt-in builds help train a trillion-parameter-class model with Arcee; also announced $9/mo Bolt Lite (Forge included; join by Oct 14 to lock $9). Partners include Arcee, Microsoft, Vercel, Fireworks, and DigitalOcean.

Key Takeaways

  • ✓Bolt Forge is live in bolt.new’s model picker as an open-weight coding agent.
  • ✓Free through Oct 14 with up to ~50x usage and zero usage charges; GLM 5.3, Kimi, DeepSeek included.
  • ✓Also ships $9/mo Bolt Lite with Forge; opt-in builds train a trillion-param model with Arcee.
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