New architectures & efficiency · Pasadena, US · founded 2025

PrismML: who founded it, who funds it

PrismML is a Pasadena AI architecture lab founded in 2025 by Babak Hassibi and Sahin Lale, who came from Caltech. What it is building: 1-bit and ternary model compression (Bonsai, Apache-2.0). No funding round has been disclosed. It releases open-weight models.

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Founders: Babak Hassibi (ex-Caltech), Sahin Lale (ex-Caltech)
Founders from: ex-Caltech
Location: Pasadena, US (North America)
Valuation: ·
Raised: · disclosed
Investors: ·
What ships: Open model

Sources

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News

Sep 28, 2026
PrismML Brings Its 1-Bit Bonsai LLM to Qualcomm-Powered AI Smart Glasses

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Sep 24, 2026
PrismML brings its tiny LLMs to Qualcomm-powered smart glasses

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- shattered.io PrismML Runs 1-Bit AI on Smart Glasses, Cuts Memory 4x [2026]
Sep 18, 2026
PrismML releases compressed Bonsai 2 27B model — TechCrunch

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Sep 17, 2026
PrismML hopes its tiny LLM will change how we all use AI

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Aug 3, 2026
Apple's Hardware Is Ready for On-Device AI and PrismML Just Delivered a Real Breakthrough

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Jul 25, 2026
PrismML Review: The Future of On-Device Large Language Models

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Jul 14, 2026
Apple in talks with startup that shrinks AI models to run on an iPhone

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- Apple World Today Apple is indeed evaluating PrismML’s technology, for shrinking AI models
Apr 6, 2026
PrismML Emerges From Stealth With 1-Bit LLM Family

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