Post-train an open model without leaving its original format

The problem

Post-training setups often trap a model in a private format the rest of the toolchain cannot load.

Who would pay for this?

Small labs and applied teams fine-tuning open models.

How could it make money?

A possible model is open source. That is an editorial guess from the shape of the launch, not a published price, and not evidence that White Circle uses it.

What would the MVP look like?

One training recipe that reads and writes a standard model repository.

Product that inspired this idea

A framework for post-training open-source models. White Circle says models stay in their native Hugging Face format.

Posted by @whitecircle. Launch page. No separate product site is listed unless the post itself is the source.

• training
• open-source

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