Ian Fischer
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- Y Combinator1 min
This Is The Holy Grail Of AI
Poetic is advancing a recursively self-improving AI system that autonomously enhances its own intelligence at a fraction of the cost and time required by major competitors like Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google. Unlike industry standards that demand hundreds of millions of dollars and months of effort to train new Large Language Models from scratch, Poetic's proprietary method accelerates these cycles significantly. This speed and efficiency advantage allows Poetic to potentially outpace rivals who remain constrained by the prohibitive expenses and long timelines of traditional retraining approaches.
- Y Combinator20 min
The Powerful Alternative To Fine-Tuning
Ian Fischer, Mark Mandelbaum, Francesc Campoy Flores, Mark Mandelmann, Jr.
Poetic, led by co-CEO Ian Fisher, deploys a recursive Meta-System that autonomously optimizes foundation models to outperform them on benchmarks like Arc AGI v2 and the Humanity's Last Exam at a fraction of the cost. This stealth-stage platform functions as a cost-effective "stilts" for startups, achieving 9 percentage point gains over competing models while utilizing a lean team of seven scientists rather than massive training budgets. The company now invites early access from ventures seeking to integrate these self-improving reasoning strategies into their specific verticals.