[HN] Launch HN: RunAnywhere (YC W26) – Faster AI Inference on Apple Silicon

Summary

RunAnywhere (YC W26) has launched MetalRT, a new AI inference engine for Apple Silicon that significantly outperforms existing solutions like llama.cpp and Apple's MLX across LLMs, speech-to-text, and text-to-speech tasks. Utilizing custom Metal shaders, it promises faster on-device AI. They also open-sourced RCLI, a fully on-device voice AI pipeline, enabling mic-to-response functionality without cloud dependencies.

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