5-Person Team Trains Open-Source Frontier-Class Ultramarine 1 Flash for ~$300k, 60x Cheaper
EXM7777 · x · 2026-10-15
- A 5-person team with <$4M raised post-trained Ultramarine 1 Flash for $300k all-in, claiming performance similar to Fable 5 at 60x lower cost.
- Trained on 88 real knowledge-work task types: one prompt yields a PowerPoint deck, Excel financial model, and Word memo.
- API available now; open weights in two weeks so companies can self-host. Unverified claim from a small startup — worth watching.
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