diff --git a/goldens/public-api/core/errors.md b/goldens/public-api/core/errors.md
index b1f8a40e7ef91..f714696142095 100644
--- a/goldens/public-api/core/errors.md
+++ b/goldens/public-api/core/errors.md
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ export const enum RuntimeErrorCode {
     // (undocumented)
     REQUIRED_QUERY_NO_VALUE = -951,
     // (undocumented)
+    REQUIRED_MODEL_NO_VALUE = -952,
+    // (undocumented)
     RUNTIME_DEPS_INVALID_IMPORTED_TYPE = 1000,
     // (undocumented)
     RUNTIME_DEPS_ORPHAN_COMPONENT = 1001,
diff --git a/goldens/public-api/core/index.md b/goldens/public-api/core/index.md
index fc110bd1e120e..b9498b123833b 100644
--- a/goldens/public-api/core/index.md
+++ b/goldens/public-api/core/index.md
@@ -1075,6 +1075,32 @@ export enum MissingTranslationStrategy {
     Warning = 1
 }
 
+// @public
+export const model: ModelFunction;
+
+// @public
+export interface ModelFunction {
+    <T>(): ModelSignal<T | undefined>;
+    // (undocumented)
+    <T>(initialValue: T, opts?: ModelOptions): ModelSignal<T>;
+    required<T>(opts?: ModelOptions): ModelSignal<T>;
+}
+
+// @public
+export interface ModelOptions {
+    alias?: string;
+}
+
+// @public
+export interface ModelSignal<T> extends WritableSignal<T> {
+    // (undocumented)
+    [ɵINPUT_SIGNAL_BRAND_READ_TYPE]: T;
+    // (undocumented)
+    [ɵINPUT_SIGNAL_BRAND_WRITE_TYPE]: T;
+    // (undocumented)
+    [SIGNAL]: ModelSignalNode<T>;
+}
+
 // @public @deprecated
 export class ModuleWithComponentFactories<T> {
     constructor(ngModuleFactory: NgModuleFactory<T>, componentFactories: ComponentFactory<any>[]);
diff --git a/packages/core/src/authoring.ts b/packages/core/src/authoring.ts
index f942a218bae6b..52a7f8a9b525a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/authoring.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/authoring.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-// Note: `input` is exported in `core.ts` due to:
+// Note: `input` and `model` are exported in `core.ts` due to:
 // https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RXb1wYwsbJotO1KBgSDsAtKpduGmIHod9ADxuXcAvV4/edit?tab=t.0.
 
 export {InputFunction} from './authoring/input/input';
 export {InputOptions, InputOptionsWithoutTransform, InputOptionsWithTransform, InputSignal, InputSignalWithTransform, ɵINPUT_SIGNAL_BRAND_WRITE_TYPE} from './authoring/input/input_signal';
 export {ɵUnwrapDirectiveSignalInputs} from './authoring/input/input_type_checking';
 export {ModelFunction} from './authoring/model/model';
+export {ModelOptions, ModelSignal} from './authoring/model/model_signal';
 export {output as ɵoutput, OutputEmitter as ɵOutputEmitter, OutputOptions as ɵOutputOptions} from './authoring/output';
 export {ContentChildFunction, ViewChildFunction} from './authoring/queries';
diff --git a/packages/core/src/core.ts b/packages/core/src/core.ts
index 1dc6a704003a6..8751647e73cbf 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/core.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/core.ts
@@ -13,14 +13,12 @@
  */
 
 export * from './authoring';
-// Input and query authoring functions are exported separately as this file is exempted from
+// Authoring functions are exported separately as this file is exempted from
 // JSCompiler's conformance requirement for inferred const exports. See:
 // https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RXb1wYwsbJotO1KBgSDsAtKpduGmIHod9ADxuXcAvV4/edit?tab=t.0
 export {input} from './authoring/input/input';
 export {contentChild, contentChildren, viewChild, viewChildren} from './authoring/queries';
-
-// TODO(crisbeto): export as a public API
-// export {model} from './authoring/model/model';
+export {model} from './authoring/model/model';
 
 export * from './metadata';
 export * from './version';
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/defer/bundle.golden_symbols.json b/packages/core/test/bundling/defer/bundle.golden_symbols.json
index 6bd1274d5466f..a4858c770d076 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/defer/bundle.golden_symbols.json
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/defer/bundle.golden_symbols.json
@@ -1556,6 +1556,15 @@
   {
     "name": "init_misc_utils"
   },
+  {
+    "name": "init_model"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "init_model_signal"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "init_model_signal_node"
+  },
   {
     "name": "init_module"
   },
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/forms_template_driven/bundle.golden_symbols.json b/packages/core/test/bundling/forms_template_driven/bundle.golden_symbols.json
index a3e0622dac2f6..6796dfb1c4c32 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/forms_template_driven/bundle.golden_symbols.json
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/forms_template_driven/bundle.golden_symbols.json
@@ -881,6 +881,9 @@
   {
     "name": "diPublicInInjector"
   },
+  {
+    "name": "elementPropertyInternal"
+  },
   {
     "name": "enterDI"
   },
@@ -1289,6 +1292,9 @@
   {
     "name": "isReadableStreamLike"
   },
+  {
+    "name": "isSignal"
+  },
   {
     "name": "isStylingMatch"
   },
@@ -1331,6 +1337,9 @@
   {
     "name": "leaveViewLight"
   },
+  {
+    "name": "listenerInternal"
+  },
   {
     "name": "lookupTokenUsingModuleInjector"
   },