Cactus Compute

A foundation model for mobile, wearables, robots, smart home, automotive and microcontrollers. One 8-29 MB binary that beats models 10x its size on mobile tool calls and matches 2-3x bigger models on extraction.

First shown on Hacker News on 18 September 2026 as “Cactus Needle 3: 8-29MB automation models can match DeepSeek V4 Flash”, where it reached 236 points and 93 comments. Read the discussion.