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Meet Needle 2: An Open 45M-Parameter Tool-Calling Model That Ships as a 14MB Binary and Runs a Full Session in 28MB of RAM

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Date Occurred Aug 14, 2026 05:45 UTC
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Recorded Aug 14, 2026
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<p>Cactus Compute released Needle 2, an open 45M-parameter model for tool calling, device use, and structured extraction. The full model is a single 14MB binary that runs a session in about 28MB of RA

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https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/08/13/cactus-compute-needle-2-45m-parameter-tool-calling-model/
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  • ID #23626
  • Type AI News
  • Region Global
  • Severity Low
  • Indexed Aug 14, 2026
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