TECHValidatedⓘEvidence tiers: Early signal = 1 uncorroborated request — treat as radar, not a validated opportunity · Corroborated = 2-3 requests · Validated = 4+ requests from 2+ different people. Every count appears exactly once, in the fact bar below — each traces to a real source post.
"I don't need to know if 27B is better, but would it be worth using 27B to plan long horizon tasks"
— a builder, verbatim · sign in free to trace the source ↗
What they tried & dropped
Extracted word-for-word from the evidence posts below — every item is quoted verbatim from a real builder.
nomic 1.5 — "results weren't all that satisfactory"verbatimsign in to trace ↗
llama.cpp — "considering whether to stick with it"verbatimsign in to trace ↗
Llama.cpp Tensor Parallelism RPC — "scaling down to about 17 tps by 100k context"verbatimsign in to trace ↗
17 rivals shipping (fact bar)how verified → market is crowded; differentiate on the unmet requirements above, don't compete on breadth.
12 builder posts asking · 12 different people (fact bar)see posts → demand is independently reported, not one person repeating themselves.
15 new tracked posts (all types) in the last 30 days vs 11 the month beforesee the curve → demand is rising.
12 demand signals vs 17 shipping rivals → supply already outweighs demand — enter only with an edge.
0 willingness-to-pay quotes yet → no one has named a price — validate pricing before building.
last new signal 9 days ago → conversation is recent.
Signal history
38 tracked posts (12 asks · 26 product/news)first post Apr 2026▲ 15 in the last 30 days
Cumulative tracked posts (asks + products + news) by original post date · GapMine tracked communities — not search volume · every step traces to a real post in the evidence record (sign in to read them).
Evidence pool
Top 10 of 12 builder posts asking on record — each insight links back to a real one.