AI models into the mainstream

The Spanish startup has so far kept a lower profile than some of its peers, but as demand for AI efficiency grows, this is changing. After compressing models from major AI labs, including OpenAI, Meta, DeepSeek, and Mistral AI, it has launched both an app that showcases the capabilities of its compressed models and an API portal — a gateway that lets developers access and build with those models — that makes them more widely available.

The CompactifAI app, which shares its name with Multiverse’s quantum-inspired