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ML inference and model optimization

Recent window: last 5.2 months (2026-04-24 → 2026-09-28), compared with the prior 5.2 months.

horizontal · 223 members · Data as of 2026-09-30

These products provide specialized runtimes, compression techniques, and acceleration engines to deploy and benchmark machine learning models efficiently. They are designed for machine learning engineers, systems developers, and AI researchers working with constrained hardware or demanding latency requirements. The cluster focuses directly on low-level compute, quantization, and runtime performance rather than high-level application wrappers or end-user workflow tools.

Metrics

Stage
crowded
Recent count
156
Prior count
50
Total count
223
Momentum
212.00
Attention
0.46
Crowding
0.79
Concentration
0.84
Opportunity
0.40

Opportunity components

Attention
0.46
Low crowding
0.21
Momentum (normalized)
0.78
Low concentration
0.16

Monthly trajectory

Source split

github
76 (0.49)
hn
61 (0.39)
ph
10 (0.06)
yc
9 (0.06)

Dominant source: github · Divergence: 0.43

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Members

Name Source Upvotes ▼ Launched
reflex GITHUB 34 2026-09-23
Continual Learning with .md HN 34 2026-04-13
STEPQuant GITHUB 32 2026-09-29
PrunedCTC GITHUB 30 2026-09-27
mlxfast-bonsai2-27b-engine GITHUB 30 2026-09-24
captains-deck GITHUB 29 2026-09-24
ttd-capa-cpp GITHUB 28 2026-09-20
We cut RAG latency ~2× by switching embedding model HN 27 2025-11-25
CrossDomainAdjust GITHUB 26 2026-09-25
dexgpt GITHUB 26 2026-09-09
UMM-Reflection GITHUB 26 2026-09-27
The Token Company: Intelligent compression for LLM context bloat YC 25 2026-03-03
VeriTile GITHUB 24 2026-09-24
LLM Thought Visualization HN 24 2026-07-06
ZigFormer HN 22 2025-11-27
Mdarena HN 22 2026-04-05
Conduct, open-source guardrails for LLM and MCP tool calls HN 22 2026-08-28
Piris Labs: Inference at Light Speed YC 21 2026-02-12
FactorForge GITHUB 20 2026-09-21
Quant Picker HN 20 2026-06-13
aide GITHUB 20 2026-09-23
Otari: your open-source LLM control plane HN 20 2026-07-06
MetaCog GITHUB 19 2026-09-20
mini-harness GITHUB 19 2026-09-13
Fusion-MoA-Pioneer GITHUB 19 2026-09-10
LLMs consume 5.4x less mobile energy than ad-supported web search HN 19 2026-04-25
inferpd GITHUB 18 2026-09-19
local-llms-with-mlx GITHUB 18 2026-09-13
ConZF GITHUB 17 2026-09-18
Hierarchos-Native GITHUB 17 2026-09-16
framework-kcm GITHUB 17 2026-09-28
kenya-climate-data-lab GITHUB 17 2026-09-21
laya-goish GITHUB 16 2026-09-22
10x better performance from the Coding Harnesses with LLM-wiki HN 16 2026-06-18
Understudy: The self-optimizing inference cloud YC 16 2026-08-05
ruby_llm-typesafe GITHUB 16 2026-09-16
Free Inference Engineer and Model Training Roadmap HN 16 2026-08-24
Foreman, a self-hosted LLM gateway for cost aware model routing HN 15 2026-07-08
ml-from-experiment-to-production GITHUB 14 2026-09-21
Crespo HN 14 2026-06-22
Clodo - Vibe GTM YC 14 2026-01-15
parallelConstraintDecoding GITHUB 13 2026-09-17
BUNNY_H3_Conditioning_Bridge GITHUB 13 2026-09-13
gut GITHUB 13 2026-09-22
Spanda HN 13 2026-09-11
composimplex GITHUB 13 2026-09-28
pi-jev-router GITHUB 12 2026-09-20
Graph-Oriented Generation HN 12 2026-03-06
Cerno HN 12 2026-03-31
npuforge GITHUB 12 2026-09-14