Needle 2
Needle 2 is available now for agents, classification, and json / tool use with open-source; evaluate it while provider pricing coverage matures.
- Family
- Needle
- Released
- 2026-08-09
- Context
- 2K
- Parameters
- 45M
- Specialization
- on-device
- Openness
- Open source
- License
- Apache 2.0OSI-approvedCommercial use: permitted
- Weights
- Available
- Code
- Unknown
- Training
- Pretrained
Cactus Compute, Inc. builds automation foundation models for tiny devices (mobiles, wearables, smart home, robots, micro
WebsiteNo tracked provider token pricing is available yet.
About
Needle 2 is Cactus Compute's prior-generation open 45M-parameter automation model (first-party blog 2026-08-09 + HF Cactus-Compute/needle2). Single ~14MB CQ2-bit binary; ~28MB session RAM; tool calling, device use, and structured extraction. Apache 2.0 (HF license:apache-2.0). Tip Needle 3 is the follow-up under the same Needle family. Blog emphasizes 256-token sliding KV window for RAM bounding rather than publishing a clear 8k-style context figure.
Providers
No active provider routes are tracked for this model yet.
Capabilities
Benchmark peer barsfor Agents
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Migration checks
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API versions
needle-2needle2Cactus Compute, Inc. builds automation foundation models for tiny devices (mobiles, wearables, smart home, robots, micro
WebsiteNo tracked provider token pricing is available yet.