The HeartStrings Discovery
In 2024, while developing HeartStrings, an AI-powered dating platform, founder Tash Broadwater encountered a fundamental challenge: AI models demanded excessive data storage and computing resources, limiting innovation for independent developers.
"What if the problem isn't the AI—but the way we represent information?"
That question became ByteLite. Not a better compressor — a different kind of compressor. Dictionary cascades. Szudzik pairing. Shared-model assumptions. We're building toward ratios that would make the current enwik9 leaders look bloated. Hutter Prize submission planned. Verification will tell us how close we actually get.