this is genius.
needle: 26M param tool calling model distilled from gemini 3.1.
1,200 tok/s on mac/pc.
it's the cognitive core.
daniel_mac8's May 13, 2026 tweet highlights 'needle', a 26M-parameter…
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daniel_mac8's May 13, 2026 tweet highlights 'needle', a 26M-parameter tool-calling model distilled from Google Gemini 3.1, claiming 1,200 tokens/second throughput on Mac and PC; the author calls it 'the cognitive core,' positioning it as a compact, high-performance reasoning component for tool-based systems.