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Meet the Underdog Saluki 27B: A 2-bit Qwen3.8-27B That Beats the Original at Tool Calling
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What happened
Underdog, the on-device assistant from Conway Research, has released Saluki 27B under Apache 2.0. Underdog Saluki 27B is a 7.89 GB, 2-bit GGUF of Qwen3.8-27B under Apache 2.0.
It beats the 54 GB original on tool calling but gives up ground on competition math and reasoning. Underdog Saluki 27B is a 2-bit GGUF of Qwen3.8-27B that fits in 7.89 GB.
The full BF16 model needs 54 GB. Underdog tuned the compression to protect tool calling, the skill that turns a chat model into an agent.
Key facts
- Underdog, the on-device assistant from Conway Research, has โ released: Saluki 27B under Apache 2.0
Sources & evidence
- MarkTechPost Reporting source
Meet the Underdog Saluki 27B: A 2-bit Qwen3.8-27B That Beats the Original at Tool Calling โ
https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/10/09/meet-the-underdog-saluki-27b-a-2-bit-qwen3-8-27b-that-beats-the-original-at-tool-calling/