Subquadratic

Miami’s Subquadratic Bets It Just Cracked AI’s Oldest Math Problem

A small Miami startup says it has done what every frontier AI lab has been chasing for nearly a decade. The company, called Subquadratic, claims its new SubQ model finally escapes the quadratic scaling wall that has bottlenecked transformers since 2017, and it has the eye-popping numbers (and skeptical critics) to match.

What Your Daily Commute Is Teaching Cities About the Future

What Your Daily Commute Is Teaching Cities About the Future

Cities are beginning to treat roads, crosswalks, and traffic patterns as living data sources. Most of us pass through intersections and roundabouts without a second thought. They’re part of the daily grind: pause, turn, go. Behind this typical traffic flow lies a quietly growing network of information.  From roundabout cameras to street-level sensors, these systems are becoming smarter, and they’re reshaping how we plan for safety, efficiency, and sustainability.