Cactus Compute: what I’ve logged

Cactus Compute comes up in 2 posts of my AI log, from August 2026 to September 2026, and each item below links to the primary source. The releases I logged include Needle 3 and Needle 2, filed under frontier, image, video, world and open weights.

Items that mention Cactus Compute

Cactus Compute 14 Sep 2026
Needle 3
A sliceable 25M to 121M parameter tool-calling model where every depth from 2 to 20 layers is its own deployable size.
Primary source
Cactus Compute 3 Aug 2026
Needle 2
A 45M-parameter open model in roughly 14 MB that does tool calling and structured extraction on a device.
Primary source

Posts that cover Cactus Compute

September 20261 entry

Week of 14 Sep 2026Gemini 3.8 Live, open Qwen-Image-2.1 and Anthropic's Accenture pactFrontier · Image, video, world · Open weights · Policy and business

August 20261 entry

Week of 3 Aug 2026Qwen3.8-Max at 2.4T, Motif 3, and WeatherNext goes openFrontier · Open weights · Image, video, world · Science