Mac Compute Network Darkbloom: 5B Daily Tokens, $100K ARR
gajesh · x · 2026-08-23
Darkbloom, a Mac-based distributed inference network, released its growth timeline: daily token volume surged from 100M to 5B between April and August, with 164B tokens served cumulatively and $102K ARR. The network now has 250 Macs online, earning owners $120-200/month on average. Technically, the team re-architected MLX's continuous batching for 3x-4x faster prefill. Community benchmarks show a 269.1% speedup for Qwen 3.8 27B on optimized Macs.
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