The September CETI Town Hall was packed with updates, challenges, and forward-looking initiatives as the team continues to build and refine its infrastructure and ecosystem.
Engineering Update
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Team Changes: Marco was terminated due to a breach of professional conduct and refusal to follow technical direction. This was a difficult but necessary decision to preserve team morale and project momentum.
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Hiring: A job posting is forthcoming to replace Marco with someone more aligned with CETI’s current Kubernetes and microservice architecture needs.
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Development Progress:
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Curtis has been focused on reorganizing repositories for better onboarding and future scalability.
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The engineering focus has shifted to improving front-end gateway topology and enhancing network security.
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TLS termination was added across all gateways and redundant layers were removed to simplify infrastructure.
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Billing System & Roadmap
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The billing system development is underway, enabling granular tracking and payment calculation based on provider contributions.
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Due to reduced development capacity, the launch of the permissionless system and billing integration may slip to December or January.
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A polling system is being built to gather accurate hardware utilization data to inform billing.
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Prometheus metrics and dashboarding tools are in progress to support transparency and auditing.
Permissionless Enlistment & Open Source
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Work is progressing on releasing an open-source provider cluster resource repo.
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Collaborations are active with Spheron and Hyperbolic to streamline the enlistment flow.
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A Docker Hub repository will host public images to simplify provider setup.
Business Development Highlights
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Ongoing discussions with MOU partners including Wire Network, Shiza, Delula, and Alpaca—though many have faced delays and scheduling challenges.
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Strategic partnership potential with Christian (ex-Hyperbolic) to onboard new data centers via Kubernetes automation boxes.
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CETI is positioned at the center of the DAI skill automation vertical, expected to be a key backend provider for inference and hosting needs.
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Talks with Blocksy may lead to eventual integration with CETI’s ICF after their current free-tier infrastructure usage ends.
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Engagement with Cluster AI and Manifest shows promise, but current demand levels are too low for immediate onboarding.
Competitive Landscape
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No direct competitors have yet emerged offering CETI’s unique blend of DevOps infrastructure, broker aggregation, and distributed app orchestration.
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The ICF’s role as a middle-layer aggregator between supply and demand is becoming increasingly central, and strategic partnerships affirm this position.
Looking Ahead
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Curtis will be on vacation for two weeks in October, which may slow progress temporarily.
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More demos and visible deliverables are expected in the next town hall, currently scheduled for October 22nd.
You can review the full-transcript on our Discord if you are a CETI holder.
