Meet Needle 2: An Open 45M-Parameter Tool-Calling Model That Ships as a 14MB Binary and Runs a Full Session in 28MB of RAM

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<p>Cactus Compute released Needle 2, an open 45M-parameter model for tool calling, device use, and structured extraction. The full model is a single 14MB binary that runs a session in about 28MB of RAM. It leads both Seal-Tools splits while targeting hardware with no GPU and no NPU.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/08/13/cactus-compute-needle-2-45m-parameter-tool-calling-model/">Meet Needle 2: An Open 45M-Parameter Tool-Calling Model That Ships as a 14MB Binary and Runs a Full Session in 28MB of RAM</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.marktechpost.com">MarkTechPost</a>.</p>