# 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

1. **Needle 3** (Cactus Compute, 14 Sept 2026): A sliceable 25M to 121M parameter tool-calling model where every depth from 2 to 20 layers is its own deployable size. [Primary source](https://cactuscompute.com/needle) · [Post](https://heyaliasif.com/ai/2026-09-14-week-in-ai#item-5)
2. **Needle 2** (Cactus Compute, 3 Aug 2026): A 45M-parameter open model in roughly 14 MB that does tool calling and structured extraction on a device. [Primary source](https://cactuscompute.com/blog/needle-2) · [Post](https://heyaliasif.com/ai/2026-08-03-week-in-ai#item-6)

## Posts

- 2026-09-14 [Gemini 3.8 Live, open Qwen-Image-2.1 and Anthropic's Accenture pact](https://heyaliasif.com/ai/2026-09-14-week-in-ai)
- 2026-08-03 [Qwen3.8-Max at 2.4T, Motif 3, and WeatherNext goes open](https://heyaliasif.com/ai/2026-08-03-week-in-ai)

Canonical: https://heyaliasif.com/ai/topics/cactus-compute