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title: "PrismML releases Bonsai 2 27B, which compresses Alibaba's Qwen3.8 27B to 5.9 GB, small enough for smartphones, while retaining 98.2% of Qwen's benchmark scores (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/prismml-releases-bonsai-2-27b-which-compresses-alibabas-qwen3-8-27b-to-9a64b6f9
published: 2026-09-18T03:05:00.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# PrismML releases Bonsai 2 27B, which compresses Alibaba's Qwen3.8 27B to 5.9 GB, small enough for smartphones, while retaining 98.2% of Qwen's benchmark scores (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-09-18 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/prismml-releases-bonsai-2-27b-which-compresses-alibabas-qwen3-8-27b-to-9a64b6f9

Julie Bort / TechCrunch : PrismML releases Bonsai 2 27B, which compresses Alibaba's Qwen3.8 27B to 5.9 GB, small enough for smartphones, while retaining 98.2% of Qwen's benchmark scores — If AI lab PrismML isn't on your radar yet, it should be — not because it's raised gobs of money (it hasn't yet …

In this story: [Alibaba](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/alibaba), [Qwen3.8-27B](https://frontiernewswire.com/models/qwen3-8-27b)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/260917/p45#a260917p45)

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