Underdog Accused of Stealing Model Weights and AI Engine from Startups

AI15 days ago

Industry critics claim the Ternary model developed by AI startup Underdog is a modified version of PrismML's Bonsai 2 with its original attribution removed. The allegations, echoed by engineer Vikhyat K, suggest the company also took its inference engine, known as Splash, from Inco AI to achieve its performance metrics. These claims of misappropriated model weights and software follow the debut of Underdog's on-device AI assistant.

Underdog was launched by founder Sigil Wen with financial backing from a16z, Khosla Ventures, Hummingbird, and the Anthology fund, which includes Anthropic and Menlo Ventures. Wen started the company after testing the cyber capabilities of frontier models led him to move personal data from cloud data centers to local hardware. The company operates under "Underdog's Law," asserting that the latest frontier intelligence reaches consumer devices within 6 months of release.

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Underdog Accused of Stealing Model Weights and AI Engine from Startups

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