Subquadratic's founders have a new answer to the AI efficiency problem: show the benchmarks
After a skeptical May launch, Justin Dangel and Alex Whedon are using Appen tests and a technical report to defend SubQ's sparse-attention claim.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: MIT Technology Review
Why it matters
Subquadratic is attacking the cost curve behind long-context AI, but its real test is whether independent users can reproduce the gains outside company-controlled benchmarks.
Justin Dangel and Alex Whedon are trying to move Subquadratic's biggest claim out of the realm of launch-day belief and into measured evidence.…
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