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PrismML Releases Ternary Bonsai That Uses Just 1.58 Bits To Store Weights, Achieves 16x Memory Reduction With Comparable Performance

Even as conventional LLMs become ever more powerful, some interesting new approaches are also producing impressive results. PrismML, a startup spun out ...

PrismML Introduces Ternary Bonsai Model Family

PrismML, a pioneer in high-performance AI models, today announced the Ternary Bonsai model family: three state-of-the-art large language models available in 8B, 4B, and 1.7B parameter sizes, built on ...
MarketWatch

PrismML Launches World's First 1-Bit AI Model to Redefine Intelligence at the Edge

Breakthrough 1-bit Bonsai 8B Model Enables Advanced Intelligence to Run Locally on Phones, Laptops, and Other Edge Devices PASADENA, Calif., March 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- PrismML, a pioneer in ...
GIGAZINE

A memory-efficient AI model called '1-bit Bonsai' has appeared, boasting 8B of parameters but consuming only 1.15GB of memory, delivering performance equivalent to or better ...

AI models tend to perform better with a larger number of parameters, but there's a trade-off: more parameters mean increased memory usage. ' 1-bit Bonsai,' announced by AI development company PrismML ...
GIGAZINE

I tried running the AI model '1-bit Bonsai 8B' with 8 billion parameters locally on my iPhone 17 Pro. Here's a review; it's easy to run using the free app Locally AI.

1-bit Bonsai 8B is an AI model released on March 31, 2026, by the AI development company PrismML. It is characterized by its low memory usage, with 8 billion parameters but only 1.15GB of memory.
Morningstar

PrismML Launches World's First 1-Bit AI Model to Redefine Intelligence at the Edge

PASADENA, Calif., March 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- PrismML, a pioneer in high-performance AI models, today emerged from stealth to introduce the world's first commercially viable 1-bit large language ...