Needle on-track

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

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Staying power

56/100

Launched

2026-08-10

71 days ago · Models & Training

Launch (HN)

537 points

182 comments

Score breakdown

Still online20/20

Hacker News mentions after launch7/20

X posts (last 7 days)6/15

Recent activity12/25

Adoption7/15

Launch-day hype4/5

Later mentions on HN (14+ days after launch): 7 · X posts linking to it, last 7 days: 4 (as of 2026-10-21) · Up-check HTTP status: 200