needle
needle is Automation foundation model for tiny devices: 2-bit, 8-29 MB, tool calls, structured extraction and embeddings on phones, wearables, smart homes, robots, cars and microcontrollers. - cactus-compute.... It is ranked #4956 on the AI Radar, in Open & local models, first seen 41 days ago and shared in 1 post (6.2k views).
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needle in numbers
- Rank on the AI Radar: #4956 of 10412
- Shared in 1 post by 1 account: @Ryrenz
- 6.2k views on those posts
- First seen 41 days ago, last shared 41 days ago
- Pricing seen by AGK Intelligence: open source
- Market: Open & local models
FAQ
What is needle?
Automation foundation model for tiny devices: 2-bit, 8-29 MB, tool calls, structured extraction and embeddings on phones, wearables, smart homes, robots, cars and microcontrollers. - cactus-compute... It was first shared on X 41 days ago and is ranked #4956 on the AI Radar.
Is needle free?
It is open source.
Who shared needle?
1 account on X, including @Ryrenz, in 1 post totalling 6.2k views.
Every post is read and classified by AGK Intelligence: what it is, which market it belongs to, and whether the link is a real tool. 65.5k posts from 5k X accounts over the last 14 days, 10.4k tools, 19 markets. New posts are collected several times an hour and the full ranking is recomputed every hour — last update 2026-11-06 16:50 UTC. Full method.