--- title: Introducing LM Studio Bionic: the AI agent for open models description: LM Studio has launched Bionic, a new standalone AI agent app built around open and local models. Bionic supports coding tasks (codebase inspection, inline... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-lm-studio-bionic-the-ai-agent-for-open-models-ljo0dzoov twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Introducing LM Studio Bionic: the AI agent for open models | daily.dev og:description: LM Studio has launched Bionic, a new standalone AI agent app built around open and local models. 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Users can run models locally, connect via LM Link, or use frontier open-source models through LM Studio Secure Cloud with zero data retention. It is a separate app from the existing LM Studio, designed for privacy-conscious users who want agentic AI capabilities without sacrificing control over their data or compute costs. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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