Chris Barber

@chrisbarber

https://frontierlist.com/ Startups: https://breakoutlist.com/ RL & data: https://pavlovslist.com/ I read DMs. DM to suggest a topic for future surveys.

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A 70-person AI lab tier poll puts Anthropic and OpenAI at the frontier

The author says at least 75% placed each in the frontier tier; Google DeepMind and xAI drew consensus one generation behind.

4 Sources, 13d ago, updated 13d ago

Applications invited for work on the science of scaling reinforcement learning

The person inviting applications says the work would involve collaborating closely with them.

17 Sources, 15d ago, updated 15d ago

Applied Compute leads a reported tally of enterprise post-training picks

A user who asked where enterprises should go for post-training as a service counted 30 votes for Applied Compute, 13 for Trajectory and 10 for Prime Intellect.

2 Sources, 20d ago, first seen 20d ago

SF Compute leads a reported tally of GPU-provider picks for neolabs

A user says SF Compute received 15 votes when they asked where neolabs should go for GPUs. CoreWeave received 11, while Modal and Nebius received 10 each.