Distributed compute network Darkbloom hits 4.5B tokens served and $102K ARR
gajesh · x · 2026-08-22
The author shares progress on Darkbloom, a distributed compute network of 250 online Mac machines. The project has served nearly 4.5 billion tokens and achieved $10.2k in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR), with average monthly earnings of $120-200 per machine. The author reflects on the challenges of scaling from a 2-week side project to production and recommends running the Gemma 4 26B model.
More from Venture
- Ex-Coohom exec launches consumer 3DGS camera 'Pebble' backed by Freedom Valley and SenseTime — 创业邦 · 2026-08-22
- Are there data industry 'middlemen' buying and reselling data to AI labs? — panickssery · 2026-08-22
- China's first Outbid clone launched: a pay-to-rank leaderboard built in 40 minutes with a template — sujingshen · 2026-08-22
- Local SEO or AI automation? An analyst's dilemma on selling retainers — FishCrafty1677 · 2026-08-22
- App vs Web Debate: Developer Pushes Back on 'No Need to Build Apps Anymore' — LuoSays · 2026-08-22
- A $100M-ARR AI firm runs 100 seeded Reddit accounts to win LLM citations — AccBalanced · 2026-08-22