Why Braise starts small, with capacity people can actually use

Updated September 25, 2026. The public beta is in preparation and can’t be downloaded yet.

For Braise to answer a request, a suitable machine has to be online, running the right model, at the moment the request arrives. A machine that’s registered but switched off doesn’t help anyone. So we aren’t chasing a big hardware count. We’re preparing the first group of testers around real tasks and machines that can actually serve them.

Two roles, independent of each other

Using models. You install Braise and point a supported tool at the local API address and key the app gives you. You don’t need a GPU, a model runtime or a local model. We confirm compatibility tool by tool, model by model: we don’t promise that every editor or agent will work.

Sharing a machine. You run a platform, runtime and model combination listed in the provider guide. Sharing is optional, you decide when it’s on, and it uses your own machine’s resources. In return you get promotional credits for completed jobs, not cash. Some early testers will do both, but you never have to share a machine to use Braise.

Prove it’s useful before making noise

Once the release is authorized, the first goal is simple: one outside user and one independent provider succeed through the public sign-up path. After that, we can learn what brings people back and which machines are genuinely useful. A handful of computers owned by the founder doesn’t count as several independent providers.

Beta credits can’t be bought, transferred, withdrawn or converted. Every beta balance, granted or earned, resets before paid V1. We don’t promise a volume of work, a reward rate, speeds we haven’t measured or any future financial value.

The machine that runs a request can read it and its response. First tests use public or made-up data, never confidential information. If no suitable machine is available, the request fails with no inference charge, and it is never sent to a commercial API instead.

Sign up now, open access at release

The notification form lets you tell us you’re interested and, if you like, describe a test with no sensitive data or the machine you could share. It isn’t an invitation queue and it doesn’t reserve a place. Once the release is approved and published, anyone with a verified email can sign up, with no manual approval. We may spread the word gradually, but access stays open to everyone.