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Masked technician works on a GPU circuit board; monitor shows 50 crossed out replaced by 110, second screen reads GPU memory bar 54GB to 17GB

unsloth made qwen 3.6 27b run locally at 2x speed on just 18gb ram

Nick Trenkler 18 May 2026 1 min read

Young founder leans across a boardroom table under a spotlight, pressing a diagram while suited investors watch from the shadows

9 things a16z's speedrun team actually looks for in founders

Nick Trenkler 16 May 2026 2 min read

Figure with a server unit for a head reads a ratings sheet at a desk, mug labeled #1 beside it, dark background

24/7 news radio run by ai: how it's built and why it will outperform human media

Nick Trenkler 15 May 2026 5 min read

Man in jacket reaches toward a wall panel of labeled keys with glowing and sparking slots, illustrating API key routing control

openrouter adds more control over how you manage provider keys

Addy Crezee 15 May 2026 1 min read

Man in suit extends an offer letter across a desk toward a server rack labeled IQ 136, resume stack discarded in a bin beside him

gpt-5.5 hits iq 136: new benchmark ranks 40+ ai models against humans

Nick Trenkler 14 May 2026 3 min read

Server-headed figure reads a paper labeled "Final Ratings: A Stunning Triumph!" amid confetti, balloons, and a #1 mug

thehype radio is live: 5 ai hosts, 24/7, no humans

Addy Crezee 13 May 2026 1 min read

Armored robot leans over a desk toward a man in a suit, papers labeled QUEUE and QUEUE_1138 scattered between them

thinking machines beat openai to continuous ai interaction

Nick Trenkler 12 May 2026 1 min read

Mechanic balances a scale with a glowing 5.1 chip on one side and a heap of broken circuit boards on the other under a lamp.

the ai split: raw capability vs efficiency, ernie picks side two

Nick Trenkler 11 May 2026 1 min read

Hooded figure holds up a glowing phone between two graffitied speakers labeled Gemma and Qwen in a neon-lit basement room.

minicpm-v 4.6 beats gemma and qwen on-device with 1.3b params

Nick Trenkler 11 May 2026 2 min read

Man with a crowbar pries open a heavy vault door stamped 007 in a graffitied alley as yellow light spills out from the gap.

cursor cli, codex, claude code: who wins the agent harness race

Nick Trenkler 11 May 2026 2 min read

Man with a crowbar pries open a heavy vault door stamped 007 in a graffitied alley as yellow light spills out from the gap.

inside a16z latest cohort: what it takes to get in

Nick Trenkler 11 May 2026 4 min read

Smiling man with an Anthropic AI badge slides an Advice book across a graffitied table to a tired developer reaching for it.

anthropic's thariq says use html in claude code - at 15x cost

Nick Trenkler 9 May 2026 1 min read

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