Posts about Model Design

There's a ton of focus on reducing token costs or using cheaper models. These are directionally correct but not focused on the right north star. Cost per task, particularly successful tasks that don't get reworked, is the only thing that matters.

OpenRouter moves your inference call. Hokusai decides which call to make — on your objective, with the reasoning visible, and with a stake in the policy your data improves. A plain comparison of gateways and decision layers.

A technical overview of how Hokusai measures marginal improvement and turns it into protocol rewards.