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PrismML Releases Bonsai 2 27B Model with Advanced Compression Technology

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PrismML has launched its latest model, Bonsai 2 27B, which compresses the Qwen3.8 27B model down to 5.9 GB, allowing it to run on PCs and potentially high-end smartphones. The new model achieves 98% of the benchmark performance of its larger counterpart, showing significant improvement in compression technology. The startup aims to apply this technique to even larger models in the future.

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The Bonsai 2 model improves benchmark performance from 95% to 98% compared to the original Qwen model.

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PrismML raised a $22.25 million seed round.

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Bonsai 2 matches 98% of Qwen’s aggregate benchmark scores.

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The original Bonsai model has been downloaded over 11 million times.

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PrismML's smaller models have been downloaded another 2.6 million times.

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PrismML's compression technique uses ternary weights.

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