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1
Khosla Ventures
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Sep 17 On the Hacker News front page Bonsai 2 27B: Near-Lossless Compression in a 9x Smaller Footprint · 589 points Jul 14 On the Hacker News front page Bonsai 27B: A 27B-Class model that runs on a phone · 706 points May 26 Released an app Bonsai Studio by PrismML · App Store Apr 18 On the Hacker News front page Ternary Bonsai: Top Intelligence at 1.58 Bits · 225 points Apr 2 Launched PrismML Introduces Ternary Bonsai Model Family · morningstar.com Apr 13, 2025 Released an app Locally AI by LM Studio · App Store
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PrismML builds 1-bit and ternary Bonsai models that pack advanced reasoning, tool use, and multimodal AI into phones, laptops, and efficient data centers.

News

News eWeek 3 months ago
Apple Tests PrismML for More Powerful iPhone AI
Apple is testing PrismML technology that could run larger AI models directly on future iPhones, improving speed, privacy, and offline access for users.
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News The Blue Narwhal 3 months ago
27 Billion Parameters on an iPhone: Why Apple's On-Device AI Changes Everything
How can a 27-billion-parameter AI model run on an iPhone? Explore model compression, on-device AI, Apple Intelligence, privacy, and why Apple's strategy could reshape enterprise AI.
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News AppleInsider 3 months ago
PrismML confirms it is in talks with Apple about AI model-shrinking tech
Five days after initial reports that there was an AI-model shrinking technology by PrismML suitable for iPhones, the company has confirmed it is talking to Apple over the use of its technology.
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News CNBC 3 months ago
Apple in talks with startup that shrinks AI models to run on an iPhone
PrismML says its compressed version of Alibaba's Qwen model uses up to 15 times less memory, potentially advancing Apple's AI push.
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News mactech 3 months ago
Apple is indeed evaluating PrismML's technology, for shrinking AI models - MacTech.com
On July 10, it was reported by Seeking Alpha thatPrismML has compressed Alibaba's open-source Qwen 3.6 large language model to run on the iPhone 17 Pro. This has been confirmed. CNBC reports that Apple is indeed evaluating PrismML's technology, which the
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News prismml.com 3 months ago
PrismML - Announcing Bonsai 27B: The First 27B-Class Model to Run on a Phone
Today we're announcing Bonsai 27B, our multimodal flagship: ternary at 5.9GB for laptops, 1-bit at 3.9GB for an iPhone 17 Pro, with a 262K-token context.
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News Cult of Mac 3 months ago
Apple talks with startup that could cram GPT-class AI onto your iPhone
Apple is reportedly talking to a startup that claims it squeezed a massive AI language model onto an iPhone.
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News YahooFinance 3 months ago
Market Chatter: PrismML Runs 27-Billion-Parameter AI Model on iPhone
Startup PrismML has gotten an artificial intelligence model running on an Apple (AAPL) iPhone 17 Pro
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News prismml.com 5 months ago
PrismML - Introducing 1-bit and Ternary Bonsai Image 4B: Image Generation for Local Devices
Today we're releasing Bonsai Image 4B, compact 1-bit and ternary diffusion models built on FLUX.2 Klein 4B that run image generation on laptops and phones.
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