# The Same AI Model Shrunk From Sixty Gigabytes to Six by Emad Mostaque > "There is a model from the Chinese [company] Alibaba called Qwen 27B. It’s a 27-billion-parameter model. … It’s like 60 GB. You need 60 GB of RAM to run it by default. They got it down to like 25. A team called PrismML got it down to six. … Same model." > **— Emad Mostaque**, *Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Recording and precise locator:** [42:41](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsdcF7EEvhM&t=2561s) — Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, 2026. - **Exact reconciled source object:** “There is a model from the Chinese [company] Alibaba called Qwen 27B. It’s a 27-billion-parameter model. … It’s like 60 GB. You need 60 GB of RAM to run it by default. They got it down to like 25. A team called PrismML got it down to six. … Same model.” - **Editorial status:** The poster preserves the source-faithful object, including visible bracketed repairs and omissions where present. - **Reconciled source dossier:** [[research/AI Is Now So Good They Will Pay You to Quit|AI Is Now So Good They Will Pay You to Quit]] preserves transcript order, speaker attribution, editorial conventions, and the surrounding argument. - **Weekly promotion dossier:** [[research/Weekly Reminder Hunt - 2026-10-02|Weekly Reminder Hunt — October 2, 2026]] records why this object was selected for permanent promotion. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Gigawatt Is the New Measure of War|The Gigawatt Is the New Measure of War]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Emad Mostaque|Emad Mostaque]] - [[wiki/AI Distribution|AI Distribution]] - [[wiki/AI Price-Performance|AI Price-Performance]] - [[wiki/Local AI Models|Local AI Models]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "There is a model from the Chinese [company] Alibaba called Qwen 27B. It’s a 27-billion-parameter model. … It’s like 60 GB. You need 60 GB of RAM to run it by default. They got it down to like 25. A team called PrismML got it down to six. … Same model." — Emad Mostaque, Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-mostaque-same-ai-model-shrunk-sixty-gigabytes-six ```