PrismML hopes its tiny LLM will change how we all use AI
What changed
PrismML is betting that capable, high-performing, reasoning large language models don’t, in fact, have to be large. (It’s even rumored to be in talks with Apple, though CEO Babak Hassibi declined to comment on that to TechCrunch.) On Thursday, PrismML released Bonsai 2 27B, its latest in a family of models, which compresses Qwen3.8 27B, a widely used open source model from Alibaba, down to 5.9 GB. That’s up from the first Bonsai, released a couple of months ago in March, that matched 95%.
Why it matters
A concrete addition to Practical AI: Tools, Models & Frameworks: it changes what's available to builders today rather than being general commentary.
How it compares
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Sources
- PrismML hopes its tiny LLM will change how we all use AI (techcrunch-ai)primary