YC-backed Touchmark launches a market for reserved AI inference contracts, clearing 10-60% below retail
gabriel1 · x · 2026-10-27
- YC-backed Touchmark launched a marketplace that turns reserved inference into a tradeable contract: reserve token volume monthly or hourly throughput with SLAs, and resell unused capacity anytime.
- Buyers customize performance terms (availability ≥99%, TTFT ≤1000ms, speed ≥250 t/s); tokens are weighted output 1×, input 0.2×, cached 0.02×.
- Multiple providers bid on each order, with trades typically clearing 10-60% below retail and no buyer fees; the platform has seen 4T+ tokens of RFQ volume, with a sample Kimi K3 Fast contract.
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