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Show HN: Solving Sudoku reasoning via Energy Geometric models

https://www.davisgeometric.com/index.html

We were genuinely impressed by Yann LeCun’s recent announcement about his Sudoku solver based on Energy-Based Models here: https://logicalintelligence.com/yann-lecun

So we (a software engineer and prodigy mathematician) worked in the weekend to see if we can beat it and we did!

If Kona solves puzzles in 313 milliseconds, we currently solve 270,000 puzzles per second!

We do not know the internal mechanics behind Logical Intelligence’s system, but we are happy to share ours in the webpage there is a full description, code and also a paper published.

Why people are obsessed with Sudoku: we think is because being a CSP, it can solve some serious business problems such as work scheduling, resource allocations and logistic optimization.

For any questions reach me out to: [email protected].

( 4 comments | on HN )
Re:Show HN: Solving Sudoku reasoning via Energy Geometric mo... by richard___ on Monday February 16, 2026 @03:23AM (#47032361)
This looks like AI larping. Bee risa looks <30 in the pic but says has 27 yoe
Re:Show HN: Solving Sudoku reasoning via Energy Geometric mo... by alexndr07 on Monday February 16, 2026 @04:37AM (#47032926)
Also, +25 patents mostly published on second half of 2025, 4/8 books published on Amazon on December 2025 and January 2026, only 1/8 published before 2025. Inactive github until December 2025 with suspiciously unreferenced code... empty ORCID, and gives "her" name to every mathematical law or object that claims to "invent". Yes, AI larping..
Re:Show HN: Solving Sudoku reasoning via Energy Geometric mo... by wolfi1 on Monday February 16, 2026 @05:33AM (#47033396)
the pic itself looks generated
Re:Show HN: Solving Sudoku reasoning via Energy Geometric mo... by wolfi1 on Monday February 16, 2026 @05:37AM (#47033429)
I do have to admit I don't understand a thing but why chose manifolds and wavefronts to solve sudoku? unless they just mean they've built a SAT solver with a new name