Nace AI Open-Sources Drex 1.5: A 9B Decision Model That Scores Options, Not Text

- Nace.AI open-sourced Drex 1.5, a 9B parameter model that doesn’t write poetry—it makes decisions. It scores options in one pass, hitting 58.08 on the Decision Index, which is statistically tied with TypeSafe’s closed-source Jev. Basically, it’s the AI equivalent of a trader who never hallucinates, just picks the exit liquidity. It runs on a single GPU or your Mac, handling 128K context windows better than regulators handle basic comprehension. Weakness? It knows nothing about sentiment or general knowledge. It’s not a chatbot; it’s a decision engine for agents tired of waiting for humans to act. If you’re building autonomous trading bots, this is your new best friend. If you’re still asking an LLM to predict the next moonshot based on vibes, go back to sleep. Professional solidarity: stop relying on text generation for logic.