Multiverse Computing just launched two ultra-tiny AI models named after a chicken’s brain and a fly’s brain.
These are some of the world’s smallest high-performance AI models, handling chat, speech, and reasoning. They’re built to run locally on smartphones, tablets, PCs, and IoT devices—no internet needed.
The startup, based in Spain, says its quantum-inspired compression tech called CompactifAI shrinks models dramatically without losing performance. 
“We can compress the model so much that they can fit on devices,” co-founder Román Orús told TechCrunch.
“You can run them on premises, directly on your iPhone or on your Apple Watch.”
They raised €189 million ($215M) in June, bringing total funding to about $250 million since 2019.
Their new “Model Zoo” includes:
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SuperFly: A compressed Hugging Face SmolLM2 135 model with 94M parameters (down from 135M). It’s designed for simple voice control on IoT appliances like washing machines and can run on low-power devices like Arduino.
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ChickBrain: A beefier 3.2B parameter model compressed from Meta’s Llama 3.1 8B. It can reason and actually outperforms the original on several benchmarks including MMLU-Pro and Math 500—all while running offline on a MacBook.
Multiverse Computing’s ChickBrain Benchmarks
Orús is clear: the company isn’t chasing leaderboard-level AI. The goal is keeping models tiny without losing quality.
“We have a compression technology that is not the typical compression technology that the people from computer science or machine learning will do, because we come from quantum physics,” Orús said.
“It’s a more subtle and more refined compression algorithm.”
Multiverse is already talking with Apple, Samsung, Sony, and HP—the latter two are investors. They also offer compressed models through an AWS API for developers at competitive prices.
They’ve compressed open-source models like Llama 4 Scout and Mistral Small 3.1, plus large models like their DeepSeek R1 Slim. Their tech supports other ML domains like image recognition, with clients including BASF, Moody’s, Bosch, and more.
The company is betting on local AI running on everyday devices—no cloud lag, no always-on connection. SuperFly and ChickBrain could soon bring smart AI to your home appliances and gadgets.
A TechCrunch event is coming up in San Francisco, October 27-29, 2025.
More on CompactifAI and their model zoo at multiversecomputing.com.
