Tomasz Tunguz · 17 August 2026 · Industry Analysis

When Models Learn

Tomasz Tunguz, MD @ Theory

Test-time training lets models update their weights during inference, compressing long context into fixed memory and unlocking 2.7x speed gains—but forcing providers to serve per-user copies, creating a compute tradeoff suited only to personalized, high-value sessions like coding agents.

Read the full post on Tomasz Tunguz ↗

Topics: AI (Horizontal) · AI Infrastructure

Published by Tomasz Tunguz · their site ↗

More from Tomasz Tunguz

SandHill indexes 800+ venture capital blogs and newsletters and sends the best of them every Sunday. Browse the sources · browse by topic · read the blog.