Why DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash for our next competition?
Because targeting a frontier open model keeps Cacheon at the leading edge.
Strong coding and agent performance. Native visual understanding. An architecture designed for efficiency.
How much faster can we run DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on the same hardware?

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Validator TAO.app (5CoZ…bifj) scheduled a child-key change on 125 subnets
Validator hotkey 5CoZxgtfhcJKX2HmkwnsN18KbaT9aih9eF3b6qVPTgAUbifj announced new child keys on SN1, SN2, SN3, SN4, SN5, SN6, SN7, SN8, SN9, SN10, SN11, SN12 and 113 more, applying at block 9,281,605 (~24h). Stake delegated to it there routes through its children after that.
ValidatorTAO.appSubnetsSN1, SN2, SN3, SN4, SN5, SN6, SN7, SN8, SN9, SN10, SN11, SN12, … (125 subnets) Between blocks 9,274,365 and 9,274,433
A little summary of our performance progress so far on #SN14.
Speeds are measured using AIPerf which simulates multi-user concurrent workloads.
Can you do better? Submit your improved kernel and earn SN14-Alpha on Bittensor $TAO
Need a speed-boost? Reach out and we'll tailor to your needs.

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Validator Tensorplex Labs (5E4z…ULde) re-scheduled a child-key change on 18 subnets
Validator hotkey 5E4z3h9yVhmQyCFWNbY9BPpwhx4xFiPwq3eeqmBgVF6KULde announced new child keys on SN1, SN2, SN3, SN6, SN7, SN8, SN9, SN11, SN12, SN13, SN14, SN17 and 6 more, applying at block 9,265,930 (~24h). Stake delegated to it there routes through its children after that. It replaces the changes that were pending on SN1 (block 9,265,620), SN2 (block 9,265,587), SN3 (block 9,265,590), SN6 (block 9,265,419), SN7 (block 9,265,422), SN8 (block 9,265,425) and 12 more, which will not apply then.
ValidatorTensorplex LabsSubnetsSN1, SN2, SN3, SN6, SN7, SN8, SN9, SN11, SN12, SN13, SN14, SN17, … (18 subnets) Between blocks 9,258,715 and 9,258,782
Validator Tensorplex Labs (5E4z…ULde) scheduled a child-key change on 21 subnets
Validator hotkey 5E4z3h9yVhmQyCFWNbY9BPpwhx4xFiPwq3eeqmBgVF6KULde announced new child keys on SN1, SN5, SN6, SN7, SN8, SN9, SN10, SN11, SN12, SN13, SN14, SN84 and 9 more, applying at block 9,265,380 (~24h). Stake delegated to it there routes through its children after that.
ValidatorTensorplex LabsSubnetsSN1, SN5, SN6, SN7, SN8, SN9, SN10, SN11, SN12, SN13, SN14, SN84, … (21 subnets) Between blocks 9,258,178 and 9,258,244
Validator 01Lamida, Inc. (5CqR…b9Ed) scheduled a child-key change on 3 subnets
Validator hotkey 5CqRMuYSSqYkSa8AM3VawVfdyUhyBufyesvvgh3vCgaGb9Ed announced new child keys on SN14, SN78, SN93, applying at block 9,262,861 (~24h). Stake delegated to it there routes through its children after that.
Validator01Lamida, Inc.SubnetsSN14, SN78, SN93 Between blocks 9,255,659 and 9,255,785
Affine's King model. Two weeks of optimization. 40.9% more throughput.
@affine_io became Cacheon’s first customer. These are the performance numbers behind that partnership.
We pushed Qwen3.6-35B to 528.9 tokens/s, up from 375.4 tokens/s on stock SGLang.
We’re building on this work as we bring Cacheon’s inference optimization to more customers and models.

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Very happy with where #SN14 is heading. Excited to work with more teams in the eco. Lots of synergies and probably the best pool of customers.
Quoting @cacheon_ai
$100k in revenue last month. @affine_io became our first customer.
We’re now working to monetize our Qwen and GLM-5.3 optimizations through licensing deals and our own inference service.
This quarter, we’re targeting more customers and expanding competitions to high-volume models - building a catalogue of kernels we can license or deploy ourselves.
There's more to come.
Keep calm and Cacheon.
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$100k in revenue last month. @affine_io became our first customer.
We’re now working to monetize our Qwen and GLM-5.3 optimizations through licensing deals and our own inference service.
This quarter, we’re targeting more customers and expanding competitions to high-volume models - building a catalogue of kernels we can license or deploy ourselves.
There's more to come.
Keep calm and Cacheon.
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Q3 is over. How are we doing against our roadmap?
The proof of concept is built:
✓ Multiple models optimized - MiniMax-M3., GLM-5.3 and Qwen3.6.
✓ Competitions run in parallel across models.
✓ Speed improvements evaluated end to end, with output-quality checks.
Different models suit different jobs. This progress opens a path to serving more workloads, with improvements judged on both speed and quality.
Q4’s focus: monetization and product–market fit.

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Validator Datura (5GP7…VCMi) scheduled a child-key change on SN14
Validator hotkey 5GP7c3fFazW9GXK8Up3qgu2DJBk8inu4aK9TZy3RuoSWVCMi announced new child keys on SN14, applying at block 9,235,932 (~24h). Stake delegated to it there routes through its children after that.
ValidatorDaturaSubnetsSN14 Between blocks 9,228,708 and 9,228,769View subnet →
AI inference is getting cheaper. But it’s consuming more and more of the AI compute stack.
McKinsey released a new report yesterday, estimating that by 2030, inference will account for ~60% of AI compute demand, versus ~40% for training.
That makes inference optimization increasingly consequential: every gain in throughput and utilization changes how much useful AI the same hardware can serve.
McKinsey’s full report ↓
mckinsey.com/industries/semiconductors/our-insi…
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Validator Datura (5GP7…VCMi) scheduled a child-key change on 2 subnets
Validator hotkey 5GP7c3fFazW9GXK8Up3qgu2DJBk8inu4aK9TZy3RuoSWVCMi announced new child keys on SN14, SN118, applying at block 9,228,353 (~24h). Stake delegated to it there routes through its children after that. On SN14 it replaces the change that was pending for block 9,227,406, which will not apply then.
ValidatorDaturaSubnetsSN14, SN118 Between blocks 9,221,107 and 9,221,166
Validator Datura (5GP7…VCMi) re-scheduled a child-key change on SN14
Validator hotkey 5GP7c3fFazW9GXK8Up3qgu2DJBk8inu4aK9TZy3RuoSWVCMi announced new child keys on SN14, applying at block 9,227,406 (~24h). Stake delegated to it there routes through its children after that. On SN14 it replaces the change that was pending for block 9,225,834, which will not apply then.
ValidatorDaturaSubnetsSN14 Between blocks 9,220,148 and 9,220,208View subnet →
Validator Datura (5GP7…VCMi) scheduled a child-key change on SN14
Validator hotkey 5GP7c3fFazW9GXK8Up3qgu2DJBk8inu4aK9TZy3RuoSWVCMi announced new child keys on SN14, applying at block 9,225,834 (~24h). Stake delegated to it there routes through its children after that.
ValidatorDaturaSubnetsSN14 Between blocks 9,218,561 and 9,218,663View subnet →
Validator Firepool (5Deo…zD9Y) scheduled a child-key change on 67 subnets
Validator hotkey 5Deo9Q3SnZWNPSEPRTgapbyy6egKu2oaNSqD4RQHHJEuzD9Y announced new child keys on SN4, SN5, SN6, SN8, SN9, SN10, SN13, SN14, SN16, SN18, SN20, SN21 and 55 more, applying at block 9,212,198 (~24h). Stake delegated to it there routes through its children after that.
ValidatorFirepoolSubnetsSN4, SN5, SN6, SN8, SN9, SN10, SN13, SN14, SN16, SN18, SN20, SN21, … (67 subnets) Between blocks 9,204,985 and 9,205,045
Validator tao5 (5Csv…2zVp) scheduled a child-key change on 2 subnets
Validator hotkey 5CsvRJXuR955WojnGMdok1hbhffZyB4N5ocrv82f3p5A2zVp announced new child keys on SN6, SN14, applying at block 9,206,530 (~24h). Stake delegated to it there routes through its children after that.
Validatortao5SubnetsSN6, SN14 Between blocks 9,199,286 and 9,199,348
SN14 miner burn down to 0%
The subnet burns 0% of its miner emission now (was 100%): miners are being paid again.
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Validator Datura (5GP7…VCMi) scheduled a child-key change on 2 subnets
Validator hotkey 5GP7c3fFazW9GXK8Up3qgu2DJBk8inu4aK9TZy3RuoSWVCMi announced new child keys on SN14, SN120, applying at block 9,205,003 (~24h). Stake delegated to it there routes through its children after that. On SN14 it replaces the change that was pending for block 9,200,924, which will not apply then.
ValidatorDaturaSubnetsSN14, SN120 Between blocks 9,197,752 and 9,197,814
SN14 miner burn up to 100%
The subnet now routes 100% of its miner emission to burn (was 0%). Miners earn little or nothing from it while this lasts.
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Validator 01Lamida, Inc. (5CqR…b9Ed) scheduled a child-key change on 4 subnets
Validator hotkey 5CqRMuYSSqYkSa8AM3VawVfdyUhyBufyesvvgh3vCgaGb9Ed announced new child keys on SN14, SN92, SN93, SN111, applying at block 9,201,344 (~24h). Stake delegated to it there routes through its children after that.
Validator01Lamida, Inc.SubnetsSN14, SN92, SN93, SN111 Between blocks 9,194,135 and 9,194,197
Validator Datura (5GP7…VCMi) scheduled a child-key change on SN14
Validator hotkey 5GP7c3fFazW9GXK8Up3qgu2DJBk8inu4aK9TZy3RuoSWVCMi announced new child keys on SN14, applying at block 9,200,924 (~24h). Stake delegated to it there routes through its children after that.
ValidatorDaturaSubnetsSN14 Between blocks 9,193,690 and 9,193,752View subnet →
Validator 88 Root (5Djt…T4Kd) scheduled a child-key change on 7 subnets
Validator hotkey 5DjtmV76CRvxZqd68fDwWyTmsfqUZ5EUXVJ21FKTBzwLT4Kd announced new child keys on SN9, SN12, SN13, SN14, SN15, SN18, SN20, applying at block 9,178,399 (~24h). Stake delegated to it there routes through its children after that.
Validator88 RootSubnetsSN9, SN12, SN13, SN14, SN15, SN18, SN20 Between blocks 9,171,190 and 9,171,253
Great to see the work we’ve been doing with @affine_io get a moment on stage at @exploitsummit.
Here’s @const_reborn telling the story in his opening keynote ↓

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Validator 88 Root (5Djt…T4Kd) scheduled a child-key change on 9 subnets
Validator hotkey 5DjtmV76CRvxZqd68fDwWyTmsfqUZ5EUXVJ21FKTBzwLT4Kd announced new child keys on SN14, SN17, SN18, SN30, SN31, SN37, SN38, SN51, SN54, applying at block 9,166,508 (~24h). Stake delegated to it there routes through its children after that.
Validator88 RootSubnetsSN14, SN17, SN18, SN30, SN31, SN37, SN38, SN51, SN54 Between blocks 9,159,305 and 9,159,371
Validator Firepool (5Deo…zD9Y) scheduled a child-key change on 75 subnets
Validator hotkey 5Deo9Q3SnZWNPSEPRTgapbyy6egKu2oaNSqD4RQHHJEuzD9Y announced new child keys on SN5, SN6, SN8, SN9, SN10, SN13, SN14, SN15, SN17, SN19, SN20, SN21 and 63 more, applying at block 9,162,013 (~24h). Stake delegated to it there routes through its children after that.
ValidatorFirepoolSubnetsSN5, SN6, SN8, SN9, SN10, SN13, SN14, SN15, SN17, SN19, SN20, SN21, … (75 subnets) Between blocks 9,154,806 and 9,154,869
Qwen3.6 arena is now open for submissions!
Better yet, we've generalized the evaluation system to support arbitrary kernel changes.
No more waiting on slot updates to submit your winning kernel!
We're excited to see what you can do. Submit today and earn Alpha right away.
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GLM-5.3 hits a new milestone on Cacheon: ~12.5% above its earlier benchmark, measured under different test conditions.
On SN14 in $TAO Bittensor, miners optimize GPU operations to accelerate inference. We test changes with the full model running, and accepted work can support further improvements.
Our latest competition submission reached 1,242.8 tokens per second. We're contributing to raise the bar and challenge other miners to push GLM-5.3 further. Our team follows the same evaluation, submission-order and acceptance rules as every other miner. We'll continue contributing as long as our involvement helps advance the subnet. Any emissions we earn will fund development and operations.
In parallel, we're working to turn these advances into commercial opportunities, including collaborations with other subnets. We'll share more soon!

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In our last competition, Cacheon miners pushed MiniMax M3 throughput to 2,337.9 tok/s: +32.2% vs the SGLang baseline.
What might that kind of performance improvement be worth commercially?
+32.2% throughput = ~61% more profit.
How? SemiAnalysis InferenceX™ models a B300 running MiniMax M3 on vLLM at $4.81 profit per chip-hour. Apply the same +32.2% throughput gain, with pricing and chip costs held constant, and modeled profit rises to $7.73 per chip-hour.
Why the difference? The GPU still costs $4.25 for the hour. More throughput means more capacity to sell without buying another chip-hour.
That's a scenario, not measured Cacheon profit. What is measured is the optimization: 2,337.9 tok/s, +32.2%, produced by Bittensor miners and passed through Cacheon's testing and reproduction.
Check the baseline. Run your own numbers.

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