Darkbloom goes viral, faces Qwen latency issues
gajesh · x · 2026-08-25
AI inference platform Darkbloom went viral due to its calculator feature. The team is currently focused on three areas: 1. Adjusting expectation management as nuances are lost in tweet format; 2. Fixing significant TTFT (Time To First Token) performance issues with the Qwen 3.6 model and planning to add GPT-OSS-20B support on OpenRouter; 3. Improving routing strategies as providers increase to serve more requests.
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