GoKawiilPrismML shrinks Qwen3.8 27B model by 90% while keeping 98% of performance
PrismML, a startup founded by Caltech researchers led by CEO Babak Hassibi, has released Bonsai 2 27B, a compressed version of Alibaba's open-source Qwen3.8 27B model that shrinks it from full size down to 5.9 GB. The compressed model retains about 98% of the original's benchmark performance, up from 95% in the prior Bonsai release, while being small enough to run on PCs and possibly high-end smartphones. The company has raised a $22.25 million seed round and counts Databricks co-founder Ion Stoica as an advisor.