diff --git a/Complexity.lean b/Complexity.lean
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--- a/Complexity.lean
+++ b/Complexity.lean
@@ -764,6 +764,7 @@ public import Complexity.Computability.Complexity.FineGrained.Assignment
 public import Complexity.Computability.Complexity.FineGrained.BruteForce
 public import Complexity.Computability.Complexity.FineGrained.CountingEndpoint
 public import Complexity.Computability.Complexity.FineGrained.CountingNativeEndpoint
+public import Complexity.Computability.Complexity.FineGrained.CountingNativeModelCount
 public import Complexity.Computability.Complexity.FineGrained.CountingParameterBounds
 public import Complexity.Computability.Complexity.FineGrained.CountingScale
 public import Complexity.Computability.Complexity.FineGrained.CountingSparsification
diff --git a/Complexity/Computability/Complexity/FineGrained/CountingNativeModelCount.lean b/Complexity/Computability/Complexity/FineGrained/CountingNativeModelCount.lean
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@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+/-
+Copyright (c) 2026 Christian Reitwiessner. All rights reserved.
+Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE.
+Authors: Christian Reitwiessner
+-/
+
+module
+-- upstream: candidate
+
+public import Complexity.Computability.Complexity.FineGrained.CountingNativeEndpoint
+import Complexity.Logics.Propositional.CNF.ModelCount.DenseRelabel
+import Complexity.Computability.Machines.Turing.MultiTape.Complexity.PolyTime.Basic
+
+/-!
+# Subexponential model counting for bounded-width CNF formulas
+
+For every fixed clause width `k`, one native machine computes the number of satisfying
+assignments `CNF.modelCount φ` of every formula `φ` with clauses of at most `k` literals. It
+runs in time `2 ^ (A * interpolationScale n)` times a polynomial in the encoding length, where
+`n = φ.numVars`, and in space polynomial in the encoding length.
+
+This restates `CountingNativeEndpoint.exists_declaredCounter` on the plain formula: the machine
+relabels the variables densely, declares their number, and runs the declared counter. The
+resource bounds are folded into `ComputableInO`.
+
+## Main results
+
+* `CountingNativeEndpoint.exists_modelCounter`: the bounded-width model counter.
+
+## References
+
+* [OpenAI, *The Exponential Time Hypothesis is False*][OpenAI2026ETH], Proposition 6.4.
+-/
+
+namespace Cslib.Complexity.CountingNativeEndpoint
+
+open Cslib.Logic.PL Turing.MultiTapeTM SubexponentialSAT
+
+/-- Dense relabeling followed by declaring the number of variables. -/
+private theorem computableInPolyTime_declareDense :
+    ComputableInPolyTime (fun φ : CNF ℕ => (φ.denseRelabel.numVars, φ.denseRelabel)) encCNF
+      (encPair encUnary encCNF) := by
+  have h : ComputableInPolyTime (fun ψ : CNF ℕ => (ψ.numVars, ψ)) encCNF
+      (encPair encUnary encCNF) := by fun_prop
+  exact h.comp SAT.computableInPolyTime_denseRelabel
+
+/-- **Subexponential bounded-width model counting.** For each width `k`, one machine computes
+`φ.modelCount` on every formula `φ` whose clauses have at most `k` literals, in time
+`2 ^ (A * interpolationScale φ.numVars)` times a polynomial in the encoding length, and in
+polynomial space. -/
+public theorem exists_modelCounter (k : ℕ) :
+    ∃ (count : CNF ℕ → ℕ) (A e b : ℕ),
+      (∀ φ : CNF ℕ, (∀ c ∈ φ, c.length ≤ k) → count φ = φ.modelCount) ∧
+      ComputableInO count encCNF encNat
+        (fun φ => ⌈(2 : ℝ) ^ ((A : ℝ) * interpolationScale φ.numVars)⌉₊ *
+          ((encCNF φ).length + 1) ^ e)
+        (fun φ => ((encCNF φ).length + 1) ^ b) := by
+  obtain ⟨count, T, S, A, c, e, a, b, hcount, hspec, hT, hS⟩ := exists_declaredCounter k
+  set g : CNF ℕ → ℕ × CNF ℕ := fun φ => (φ.denseRelabel.numVars, φ.denseRelabel)
+  obtain ⟨d, _, hd⟩ :=
+    ComputableTidilyInPolyTime.exists_degree computableInPolyTime_declareDense.tidy
+  obtain ⟨p, q, hp⟩ := computableInPolyTime_declareDense.polyBounded_length.exists_le
+  refine ⟨fun φ => count (g φ), A, q * e + d, q * b + d, fun φ hφ => ?_,
+    (hcount.comp (ComputableInO.of_tidy hd.inO)).mono
+      (c * (p + 1) ^ e + 1 + c + a * (p + 1) ^ b + 1) (fun φ => ?_) (fun φ => ?_)⟩
+  · have hw : ∀ cl ∈ φ.denseRelabel, cl.length ≤ k :=
+      (CNF.all_length_le_denseRelabel φ).mpr hφ
+    have hv : CNF.validDeclaredInput k φ.denseRelabel.numVars φ.denseRelabel = true :=
+      CNF.validDeclaredInput_eq_true_iff.mpr
+        ⟨hw, by rw [CNF.vars_denseRelabel_toFinset, CNF.numVars_denseRelabel]⟩
+    simp only [g]
+    rw [hspec, hv]
+    simp only [↓reduceIte, CNF.numVars_denseRelabel, CNF.modelCountOn_denseRelabel]
+  all_goals
+    set Y := (encCNF φ).length + 1 with hY
+    have hY1 : 1 ≤ Y := Nat.le_add_left 1 _
+    have hlen : (encPair encUnary encCNF (g φ)).length + 1 ≤ (p + 1) * Y ^ q := by
+      have h1 : (encPair encUnary encCNF (g φ)).length ≤ p * Y ^ q := hp φ
+      have h2 : 1 ≤ Y ^ q := Nat.one_le_pow _ _ hY1
+      nlinarith
+  · -- time
+    set X : ℝ := (2 : ℝ) ^ ((A : ℝ) * interpolationScale φ.numVars) with hX
+    set N := ⌈X⌉₊
+    have hXN : X ≤ N := Nat.le_ceil X
+    have hN1 : 1 ≤ N := Nat.one_le_ceil_iff.mpr (Real.rpow_pos_of_pos (by norm_num) _)
+    have hpow : ((encPair encUnary encCNF (g φ)).length + 1) ^ e ≤ (p + 1) ^ e * Y ^ (q * e) := by
+      calc _ ≤ ((p + 1) * Y ^ q) ^ e := Nat.pow_le_pow_left hlen e
+        _ = _ := by rw [mul_pow, pow_mul]
+    have hTg : T (g φ) ≤ c * (p + 1) ^ e * (N * Y ^ (q * e)) + c := by
+      have h : (T (g φ) : ℝ) ≤
+          c * (X * (((encPair encUnary encCNF (g φ)).length : ℝ) + 1) ^ e) + c := by
+        have h := hT (g φ)
+        rwa [show (g φ).1 = φ.numVars from CNF.numVars_denseRelabel φ] at h
+      have hpowR : (((encPair encUnary encCNF (g φ)).length : ℝ) + 1) ^ e ≤
+          (p + 1) ^ e * Y ^ (q * e) := by exact_mod_cast hpow
+      have h1 := mul_le_mul hXN hpowR (by positivity) (by positivity)
+      have h2 := mul_le_mul_of_nonneg_left h1 (Nat.cast_nonneg c)
+      have : (T (g φ) : ℝ) ≤ c * (p + 1) ^ e * (N * Y ^ (q * e)) + c := by nlinarith
+      exact_mod_cast this
+    have hqe : Y ^ (q * e) ≤ Y ^ (q * e + d) := Nat.pow_le_pow_right hY1 (by omega)
+    have hd' : Y ^ d ≤ N * Y ^ (q * e + d) :=
+      (Nat.pow_le_pow_right hY1 (by omega)).trans (Nat.le_mul_of_pos_left _ hN1)
+    have hmul := Nat.mul_le_mul_left (c * (p + 1) ^ e) (Nat.mul_le_mul_left N hqe)
+    change Y ^ d + T (g φ) ≤ _ * (N * Y ^ (q * e + d) + 1)
+    generalize N * Y ^ (q * e + d) = Z at hd' hmul ⊢
+    generalize c * (p + 1) ^ e = u at hTg hmul ⊢
+    generalize a * (p + 1) ^ b = v
+    nlinarith [Nat.zero_le (c * Z), Nat.zero_le (v * Z), Nat.zero_le (u * Z)]
+  · -- space
+    have hpow : ((encPair encUnary encCNF (g φ)).length + 1) ^ b ≤ (p + 1) ^ b * Y ^ (q * b) := by
+      calc _ ≤ ((p + 1) * Y ^ q) ^ b := Nat.pow_le_pow_left hlen b
+        _ = _ := by rw [mul_pow, pow_mul]
+    have hSg : S (g φ) ≤ a * (p + 1) ^ b * Y ^ (q * b + d) :=
+      (hS (g φ)).trans (by
+        rw [mul_assoc]
+        exact Nat.mul_le_mul_left a (hpow.trans (Nat.mul_le_mul_left _
+          (Nat.pow_le_pow_right hY1 (by omega)))))
+    have hd' : Y ^ d ≤ Y ^ (q * b + d) := Nat.pow_le_pow_right hY1 (by omega)
+    change Y ^ d + S (g φ) ≤ _ * (Y ^ (q * b + d) + 1)
+    generalize Y ^ (q * b + d) = Z at hSg hd' ⊢
+    generalize a * (p + 1) ^ b = v at hSg ⊢
+    generalize c * (p + 1) ^ e = u
+    nlinarith [Nat.zero_le (c * Z), Nat.zero_le (v * Z), Nat.zero_le (u * Z)]
+
+end Cslib.Complexity.CountingNativeEndpoint