# webAI open-sources TwIL-8B, an 8.8 billion parameter model

> Original title: Another great open-source model release.

- Source: Elvis Saravia
- Published: 2026-11-04T18:42:54.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/y2nmxtlaa3l1c1j3dfbfvcklt
- Original: https://x.com/omarsar0/status/2118051377704296536

## Summary

webAI open-sources TwIL-8B, an 8.8 billion parameter model with open weights that can run on local hardware. The company says it reaches 93% of frontier performance on coding, 92% on instruction following, and 90% on contest mathematics. Elvis Saravia highlights the release as evidence that smaller models can play a larger role in agentic workflows.

## Post

Another great open-source model release. 

TwIL-8B shows strong results on coding, instruction-following, and math benchmarks.

I'm bullish on small models we can run locally and on our own hardware.

As we unlock efficient intelligence and capabilities, smaller models will play a significant role in more complex agentic workflows like scientific discovery and software factories.

## Quoted post @Davidstout

> Modest intelligence is arriving faster than most people realize.
> 
> Today, we're open-sourcing TwIL-8B.
> 
> Just 8.8 billion parameters, yet approaching frontier-model scores on several difficult benchmarks:
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> • 93% of frontier performance on coding
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> • 92% on instruction following
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> • 90% on contest mathematics
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> All from a model small enough to run on your own hardware.
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> But the benchmarks aren't the most important part of this announcement.
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> For years, the AI industry has focused on building the most capable model, regardless of the cost required to run it.
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> I believe that equation is changing.
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> The next era of AI will be defined by the cost of completing work. Not simply the intelligence of the model, but how efficiently that intelligence can accomplish the task.
> 
> If a model with 8 billion parameters can reliably complete the same work as one with hundreds of billions, why pay for the larger model?
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> As smaller models become more capable, intelligence becomes something we can distribute, specialize, and run across the hardware we already own.
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> That's the future we're building at @thewebAI 
> 
> TwIL-8B is available today. Open weights.
> 
> And this is just the first of several announcements we're making today.
> 
> HF Link: https://huggingface.co/webAI-Official/TwIL-8B

https://x.com/Davidstout/status/2118035011236397350