How did Recursive SI Flint do on X?
Recursive SI posted the Flint launch from @RichardSocher on Oct 21, 2026. The post has 3,488,941 views, 8,219 likes, 895 reposts, 640 quotes and 639 replies, an engagement rate of 0.3%. It ranks #231 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Introducing Flint, @Recursive_SI’s first model: a fast local coding model built with our automated research system, the Eureka Machine. • Best-in-class fast local coding • Up to 2x faster than comparable models: 125+ tokens/sec on a MacBook Pro, 150+ on RTX Spark • Built from scratch in under 4 months Private, unmetered intelligence on your own machine. Open weights available now on @huggingface, run it locally on your favorite framework or try it for free on @opencode or @pidotdev.
- 20xthe median launch175K median views
- #231of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 27xits own following131,161 followers
- Views
- 3.5M
- Likes
- 8.2K
- Reposts
- 895
- Quotes
- 640
- Replies
- 639
- Bookmarks
- 7.8K
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, 3.5M views would cost $349K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $87K.
The post reached about 27 views for every follower of @RichardSocher.
What launched?
Recursive SI launched Flint, its first model, a fast local coding model with open weights available on Hugging Face.
How does it compare with other launches?
Recursive SI Flint has more views than 92% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 20x the median launch's 175K views.
- Recursive SI Flint3.5M
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Recursive SI Flint | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 3.5M | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.3% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 27 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 640 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 22.4 | 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 | 264.5K | 13x | #148 |
| Accounts 100K to 1M followers | 909 | 252.6K | 14x | #61 |
| Video launch posts | 1,940 | 192.5K | 18x | #173 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 20x | #231 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 131.2K followers, the post reached 27 times the account's following. Launches from accounts 100K to 1M followers reach a median of 1.0 times their following, so this one went about 27 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 61 of 909 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 640 quote posts, 1.8 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 "Introducing Flint, @Recursive_SI’s first model: a fast local coding model built with our automated research system, the Eureka Machine.". The post runs 79 words, against a median of 39 for launch posts here, and leads with a video: video launches have a median of 192.5K views, against 137.6K for the rest.
There is no link in the post. Launch posts without a link have a median of 184.9K views in the tracker.
It went out on a Wednesday (UTC). Wednesday launches have a median of 178.8K 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
- How many views did Recursive SI Flint get on X?
- 3,488,941 views. Recursive SI posted it from @RichardSocher on Oct 21, 2026, and the post has 8,219 likes, 895 reposts, 640 quotes, 639 replies and 7,810 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Recursive SI Flint a big launch on X?
- It ranks #231 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 92% of them and 20x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.3%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 3.5M 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, 3.5M views would cost $349K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $87K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/recursive-si-flint, 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.