Launch HN: Magnitude (YC S25) – Self-optimizing inference engine for agents

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What happened

Hey HN, Anders and Tom here.

We're building Magnitude, an inference engine for agents that optimizes itself to run as fast as possible on your hardware.

It works on Mac, Linux, and Windows on any hardware and is up to 2x faster than llama.cpp.

Key facts

  • It works on Mac, Linux, and Windows on any hardware and is up to 2x faster than llama.cpp.
  • Reported by Hacker News and published Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:37:40 UTC.

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