Kal Freese retweeted
You might've heard of @OpenAI, @OpenRouter, @opencode
We're excited to launch @opentag : the model-agnostic Claude Tag.
If you've seen Claude Tag, you know the interface. Tag an AI in Slack, hand it a task, get the result in the thread. We think that's the right interface.
We don't think the multiplayer harness should be locked in to a model provider. When a better model ships, your coworker should get better the same day.
Started early access 2 weeks ago. Live with 10 teams.
To celebrate the launch: 2 months free if you like and comment on this post. We'll DM you.
tryopentag.com
Kal Freese retweeted
free Mimo 2.6 Pro at 320 tokens/sec
currently the best open weights model on the market
cheaper and 50% better than GPT Luna
only possible in partnership with @RunAnywhereAI
platform.xplabs.ai
MiMo-V2.6-Pro debuts as the top open weights model on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (46). At $0.13 per Intelligence Index task, it lands on the Intelligence vs. Cost per Task Pareto frontier
@Xiaomi has just released MiMo-V2.6-Pro, an open weights model with major advances in intelligence over its predecessor, MiMo-V2.5-Pro (Intelligence Index: 26). Despite the improvement, it retains the same attractive pricing at $0.435 per 1M input tokens (with a 99% cache-hit discount) and $0.87 per 1M output tokens. This makes MiMo-V2.6-Pro one of the most cost-efficient models to deploy.
MiMo-V2.6-Pro is an MoE model with 1.02T total parameters and 42B active parameters. Stay tuned for additional analysis of the model.
Check out MiMo-V2.6-Pro full benchmarking breakdown here: artificialanalysis.ai
new website project live - this was a fun design/build project
introducing
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tl;dr
1/ runway is now cfo.ai
2/ you can hire @arithecfo and he can start TODAY
3/ you can give @arithecfo a test drive by replying to this thread with any ridiculous thing you want him to model for you, and he'll come back to you with a beautiful, detailed, fully wired financial model
... in 30 minutes or less
now, story time:
🧵 1/n
Incredible work by the @usebland research team. Try it out at bland.ai/speech. My favorite is Karen
BREAKING: Bland Speech v3 by @usebland debuts as the most human-sounding TTS model on our newest evaluation: Audio Realism Bench.
Traditional speech benchmarks increasingly struggle to separate frontier systems that all sound clean, fluent, and intelligible.
Audio Realism Bench instead asks a harder question: when two voices read the same transcript, which one sounds more like a real person?
Vetted native speakers evaluate recordings blindly across phone agents, conversational assistants, and spoken explainers, judging the subtle qualities that define human-like speech.
We also place real human recordings directly into the evaluation pool, testing whether evaluators can distinguish TTS models from actual human speech.
Bland Speech v3 takes the top spot in our initial rankings, followed by MAI-Voice-2 by @MicrosoftAI and Grok TTS by @spacexai, all demonstrating important steps toward voice systems capable of sustaining genuinely human-feeling interactions.
Congratulations to the @usebland team!
Kal Freese retweeted
BREAKING: Bland Speech v3 by @usebland debuts as the most human-sounding TTS model on our newest evaluation: Audio Realism Bench.
Traditional speech benchmarks increasingly struggle to separate frontier systems that all sound clean, fluent, and intelligible.
Audio Realism Bench instead asks a harder question: when two voices read the same transcript, which one sounds more like a real person?
Vetted native speakers evaluate recordings blindly across phone agents, conversational assistants, and spoken explainers, judging the subtle qualities that define human-like speech.
We also place real human recordings directly into the evaluation pool, testing whether evaluators can distinguish TTS models from actual human speech.
Bland Speech v3 takes the top spot in our initial rankings, followed by MAI-Voice-2 by @MicrosoftAI and Grok TTS by @spacexai, all demonstrating important steps toward voice systems capable of sustaining genuinely human-feeling interactions.
Congratulations to the @usebland team!
BREAKING: Paul hates AI
Our recent $100M Series C means we can continue training our models to handle the urgent, high-risk, 45-minute phone calls that matter most.
We brought Paul back to explain what this means and why he might be headed back to Costa Rica…
Kal Freese retweeted
This may be the first funding announcement that I actually rewatched.
Today, we’re announcing that we’ve closed our Series C and raised $100M to continue automating the world’s most complex phone calls.
We grabbed some guy named Paul to talk about it because nobody else in the office wanted to. 🧵
Kal Freese retweeted
absolutely genius campaign by @blader @kalfreese and Runway
thank you guys for the very special 200/200 bottle!
btw it’s really really hot
Whenever I'm building something, I like to look at these images and ask myself "how's this going to feel a century from now?"
The Paimio Sanatorium (1929-1933) by Aino and Alvar Aalto is a true S-tier example of timeless design.
I know everyone’s excited about the new stripe press Steward Brandt book (I am too) but this goes to the top of my stack
do things that don't scale
burn rate behind the scenes - our designer Amy applying $100 bills by hand
If you live in SF and haven’t been to the Ferry Building farmers market, you’re seriously missing out.
Quick breakfast this morning: scrambled eggs from Farmer Joy, leftover Stemple Creek lamb steak, Brokaw avocados, feta, homemade dukkah, and salsa macha with toasted cornbread
