How did Cantina apex-flash-1 do on X?
Cantina posted the apex-flash-1 launch from @cantinasecurity on Oct 1, 2026. The post has 300,786 views, 1,519 likes, 171 reposts, 59 quotes and 91 replies, an engagement rate of 0.61%. It ranks #1121 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
today we're releasing apex-flash-1, our first open-weights model for security research post-trained on real vulnerabilities we found and got paid for. we are also releasing the abliterated variant for researchers who want fewer refusals in their own authorized workflows. how we built it: https://www.cantina.security/apex-flash
- 1.7xthe median launch175K median views
- #1121of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 14xits own following21,226 followers
- Views
- 300.8K
- Likes
- 1.5K
- Reposts
- 171
- Quotes
- 59
- Replies
- 91
- Bookmarks
- 1.5K
What would these views cost to buy?
At $100 per 1,000 views, the rate a brand pays an agency charging $100K for one million views, 300.8K views would cost $30K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 3.3x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 14 views for every follower of @cantinasecurity.
What launched?
Cantina released apex-flash-1, its first open-weights security research model post-trained on real vulnerabilities, along with an abliterated variant for researchers.
How does it compare with other launches?
Cantina apex-flash-1 has more views than 61% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 1.7x the median launch's 175K views.
- Cantina apex-flash-1300.8K
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Cantina apex-flash-1 | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 300.8K | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.61% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 14 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 59 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 50.1 | 14.2 |
Against launches like it
A launch only means something against comparable ones. These are the groups it belongs to, and where it sits in each.
| Compared with | Launches | Median views | This one | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI launches | 1,462 | 263K | 1.1x | #691 |
| Accounts 10K to 100K followers | 1,135 | 99.4K | 3.0x | #339 |
| Text-only launch posts | 279 | 122.7K | 2.5x | #92 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 1.7x | #1121 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 21.2K followers, the post reached 14 times the account's following. Launches from accounts 10K to 100K followers reach a median of 3.1 times their following, so this one went about 4.6 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 339 of 1135 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 59 quote posts, 2.0 per 10,000 views against a median of 1.7. More people than usual added their own take, and a quote post is what carries a launch to audiences the account does not have.
The first line is "today we're releasing apex-flash-1, our first open-weights model for security research post-trained on real vulnerabilities we found and …". The post runs 43 words, against a median of 39 for launch posts here, and leads with no media: text-only launches have a median of 122.7K views, against 183.4K for the rest.
There is a link in the post. Launch posts with a link have a median of 160.8K views in the tracker.
It went out on a Thursday (UTC). Thursday launches have a median of 162.1K views; the strongest day is Tuesday at 192.3K.
Every comparison is against the 2839 launches in the tracker, read on Nov 14, 2026. Medians, not averages. See the state of launches on X for the full breakdown.
Questions about this launch
- What is Cantina?
- In its own words on X: "We specialize in cyber offense and defense. Our AI pentesting agent is #1 on HackerOne US. Found bugs in Apple, Anthropic, Coinbase + more." Cantina posted the apex-flash-1 launch from @cantinasecurity on Oct 1, 2026.
- How many views did Cantina apex-flash-1 get on X?
- 300,786 views. Cantina posted it from @cantinasecurity on Oct 1, 2026, and the post has 1,519 likes, 171 reposts, 59 quotes, 91 replies and 1,506 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Cantina apex-flash-1 a big launch on X?
- It ranks #1121 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 61% of them and 1.7x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.61%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 300.8K views on X cost to buy?
- At $100 per 1,000 views, the rate a brand pays an agency charging $100K for one million views, 300.8K views would cost $30K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 3.3x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/cantina-apex-flash-1, read from the post on X on Nov 14, 2026. Free to cite with a link (CC BY 4.0). Get every launch as JSON.