Why We Build in the Open
Brute-force scale is failing. Efficient distillation on verified consensus reasoning is how intelligence democratizes.
Multi-Teacher Neutrality
Distilling from a single proprietary model inevitably inherits its unique blind spots, stylistic tropes, and safety hallucinations. We curate balanced consensus traces across 8 diverse frontier architectures to train resilient student models.
Radical Artifact Transparency
We do not publish gated previews or selective cherry-picked benchmarks. Every release includes complete Apache Parquet dataset archives, uncensored chain-of-thought scratchpads, training recipes, and AGPL-3.0 model weights.
Sub-8B Local Hardware Sovereignty
True intelligence democratization requires running frontier reasoning on commodity local hardware. We optimize our distillation pipelines specifically for sub-8B parameter architectures that run comfortably on single consumer GPUs.
Step-Level Verification
More data does not equal better reasoning. Every trace in our corpora passes automated compiler execution, mathematical assertion checks, and step-level backtracking validation before inclusion.
Infrastructure Roadmap
2026 — 2027 Post-Training Milestones
Solace 1.0 Omni & Axiom Distillation Corpora
12,586,893 unique conversations (137.7 GB JSONL, 60 source datasets) and Project Axiom (102 GB CoT, 27B+ tokens) across 7 frontier architectures. Exact SHA256 deduplicated, published under AGPL-3.0 on Hugging Face Hub.
Solace-Sub8B Checkpoints (FP8 & AWQ)
Release of calibrated 3.8B and 7B reasoning checkpoints fine-tuned on Solace 1.0 activation datasets. Native inference support for vLLM, llama.cpp, and Apple MLX.
Equinox: Continuous Distillation Harness
Automated pipelines for streaming multi-teacher consensus traces directly into online fine-tuning clusters with continuous compiler assertion feedback.
Formal Mathematical Verification Sandbox
Integration of Lean 4 and Isabelle formal proof checkers for automated step-by-step mathematical reasoning validation in synthetic datasets.
Collaborate With Solstice-AI
If you are evaluating Solace traces for your research lab, running benchmarks, or interested in collaborating on open distillation infrastructure, reach out directly.