The Digital Press

BLAST is a high-performance serving engine designed to add web browsing AI capabilities to applications, featuring an OpenAI-compatible API with built-in concurrency and streaming.

Why it matters: It enables developers to integrate AI-powered browsing with efficient resource use and cost control through caching and parallelism.

The big picture: BLAST focuses on optimizing AI-driven browser serving under constraints rather than developing new browser-use or vision LLMs.

The stakes: Concerns include ethical use, respecting website rate limits, handling captchas, and managing resource contention under high concurrency.

Commenters say: Users appreciate the concept and performance but raise questions about ethical considerations, technical details, browser isolation, and real-world robustness.