diff --git a/crates/ml/src/cuda_pipeline/batched_forward.rs b/crates/ml/src/cuda_pipeline/batched_forward.rs
index d83d1b28b..3be500d57 100644
--- a/crates/ml/src/cuda_pipeline/batched_forward.rs
+++ b/crates/ml/src/cuda_pipeline/batched_forward.rs
@@ -606,6 +606,132 @@ impl CublasForward {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// BF16 target network forward: next_states(F32) → BF16 GemmEx → target logits(BF16).
+    ///
+    /// Uses target-specific internal BF16 scratch buffers (`tgt_h_s1_bf16`, etc.)
+    /// and writes logits to `tgt_v_logits_bf16` / `tgt_b_logits_bf16`.
+    /// Does NOT save activations for backward (inference only).
+    #[allow(dead_code, clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+    pub fn forward_target_bf16(
+        &self,
+        stream: &Arc<CudaStream>,
+        next_states_f32: &CudaSlice<f32>,  // [B, SD] F32 from experience collector
+        bf16_w_ptrs: &[u64; 20],           // BF16 target weight pointers
+    ) -> Result<(), MLError> {
+        let b = self.batch_size;
+        let n_states = b * self.state_dim;
+
+        // ── Step 1: Convert states F32 → BF16 (reuse online states_bf16 as scratch) ──
+        {
+            let src_ptr = raw_f32_ptr(next_states_f32, stream);
+            let dst_ptr = raw_u16_ptr(&self.states_bf16, stream);
+            let n_i32 = n_states as i32;
+            let blocks = ((n_states + 255) / 256) as u32;
+            unsafe {
+                stream
+                    .launch_builder(&self.f32_to_bf16_kernel)
+                    .arg(&src_ptr)
+                    .arg(&dst_ptr)
+                    .arg(&n_i32)
+                    .launch(LaunchConfig {
+                        grid_dim: (blocks, 1, 1),
+                        block_dim: (256, 1, 1),
+                        shared_mem_bytes: 0,
+                    })
+                    .map_err(|e| MLError::ModelError(format!("f32_to_bf16 tgt_states: {e}")))?;
+            }
+        }
+
+        let states_bf16_ptr = raw_u16_ptr(&self.states_bf16, stream);
+        let tgt_h_s1_ptr = raw_u16_ptr(&self.tgt_h_s1_bf16, stream);
+        let tgt_h_s2_ptr = raw_u16_ptr(&self.tgt_h_s2_bf16, stream);
+        let tgt_h_v_ptr = raw_u16_ptr(&self.tgt_h_v_bf16, stream);
+
+        // ── Step 2: Shared trunk layer 1 ────
+        self.gemmex_bf16(bf16_w_ptrs[0], states_bf16_ptr, tgt_h_s1_ptr,
+            self.shared_h1, b, self.state_dim, "bf16_tgt_h_s1")?;
+        self.launch_add_bias_relu_bf16_raw(stream, tgt_h_s1_ptr, bf16_w_ptrs[1], self.shared_h1, b)?;
+
+        // ── Step 3: Shared trunk layer 2 ────
+        self.gemmex_bf16(bf16_w_ptrs[2], tgt_h_s1_ptr, tgt_h_s2_ptr,
+            self.shared_h2, b, self.shared_h1, "bf16_tgt_h_s2")?;
+        self.launch_add_bias_relu_bf16_raw(stream, tgt_h_s2_ptr, bf16_w_ptrs[3], self.shared_h2, b)?;
+
+        // ── Step 4: Value head layer 1 ────
+        self.gemmex_bf16(bf16_w_ptrs[4], tgt_h_s2_ptr, tgt_h_v_ptr,
+            self.value_h, b, self.shared_h2, "bf16_tgt_h_v")?;
+        self.launch_add_bias_relu_bf16_raw(stream, tgt_h_v_ptr, bf16_w_ptrs[5], self.value_h, b)?;
+
+        // ── Step 5: Value head layer 2 (logits, no ReLU) ────
+        let tgt_v_logits_ptr = raw_u16_ptr(&self.tgt_v_logits_bf16, stream);
+        self.gemmex_bf16(bf16_w_ptrs[6], tgt_h_v_ptr, tgt_v_logits_ptr,
+            self.num_atoms, b, self.value_h, "bf16_tgt_v_logits")?;
+        self.launch_add_bias_bf16_raw(stream, tgt_v_logits_ptr, bf16_w_ptrs[7], self.num_atoms, b)?;
+
+        // ── Step 6: Branch heads ────
+        let branch_sizes = [self.branch_0_size, self.branch_1_size, self.branch_2_size];
+        let branch_w_base = [8_usize, 12, 16];
+        let tgt_h_b_ptr = raw_u16_ptr(&self.tgt_h_b_bf16, stream);
+        let tgt_b_logits_ptr = raw_u16_ptr(&self.tgt_b_logits_bf16, stream);
+        let na = self.num_atoms;
+
+        let mut logit_byte_offset: u64 = 0;
+        for d in 0..3 {
+            let n_d = branch_sizes[d];
+            let w_fc_idx = branch_w_base[d];
+            let b_fc_idx = w_fc_idx + 1;
+            let w_out_idx = w_fc_idx + 2;
+            let b_out_idx = w_fc_idx + 3;
+
+            self.gemmex_bf16(bf16_w_ptrs[w_fc_idx], tgt_h_s2_ptr, tgt_h_b_ptr,
+                self.adv_h, b, self.shared_h2, "bf16_tgt_h_bd")?;
+            self.launch_add_bias_relu_bf16_raw(stream, tgt_h_b_ptr, bf16_w_ptrs[b_fc_idx], self.adv_h, b)?;
+
+            let adv_out_ptr = tgt_b_logits_ptr + logit_byte_offset;
+            self.gemmex_bf16(bf16_w_ptrs[w_out_idx], tgt_h_b_ptr, adv_out_ptr,
+                n_d * na, b, self.adv_h, "bf16_tgt_adv_logits")?;
+            self.launch_add_bias_bf16_raw(stream, adv_out_ptr, bf16_w_ptrs[b_out_idx], n_d * na, b)?;
+
+            logit_byte_offset += (b * n_d * na * std::mem::size_of::<u16>()) as u64;
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    // ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+    // BF16 logit buffer accessors (for loss kernel wiring)
+    // ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+    /// Raw pointer to online value logits BF16 buffer [B, NA].
+    pub fn v_logits_bf16_ptr(&self, stream: &Arc<CudaStream>) -> u64 {
+        raw_u16_ptr(&self.v_logits_bf16, stream)
+    }
+
+    /// Raw pointer to online branch logits BF16 buffer [B, (B0+B1+B2)*NA].
+    pub fn b_logits_bf16_ptr(&self, stream: &Arc<CudaStream>) -> u64 {
+        raw_u16_ptr(&self.b_logits_bf16, stream)
+    }
+
+    /// Raw pointer to target value logits BF16 buffer [B, NA].
+    pub fn tgt_v_logits_bf16_ptr(&self, stream: &Arc<CudaStream>) -> u64 {
+        raw_u16_ptr(&self.tgt_v_logits_bf16, stream)
+    }
+
+    /// Raw pointer to target branch logits BF16 buffer [B, (B0+B1+B2)*NA].
+    pub fn tgt_b_logits_bf16_ptr(&self, stream: &Arc<CudaStream>) -> u64 {
+        raw_u16_ptr(&self.tgt_b_logits_bf16, stream)
+    }
+
+    /// Reference to online value logits BF16 buffer.
+    pub fn v_logits_bf16_buf(&self) -> &CudaSlice<u16> {
+        &self.v_logits_bf16
+    }
+
+    /// Reference to online branch logits BF16 buffer.
+    pub fn b_logits_bf16_buf(&self) -> &CudaSlice<u16> {
+        &self.b_logits_bf16
+    }
+
     /// Run value head forward only: h_s2 → W_v1 → ReLU → W_v2 → v_logits.
     ///
     /// Used by ensemble heads (1..K-1) to compute per-head value logits