Mac Idle Compute Network Darkbloom Hits $102K ARR
gajesh · x · 2026-08-22
Decentralized inference platform Darkbloom announced it has moved to a paid tier with $102K ARR and 4.5B tokens served. The network utilizes idle Mac machines (250 currently online) to provide cost-efficient private inference at about 50% lower cost than typical API providers. Mac owners earn an average of $120-200 per month per machine. Running the Gemma 4 26B model is recommended.
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