UPDATE: Kev-0.6B, 4B, and 8B are now available. Kev is a family of small open source Jev-like decision models you can train and run yourself. This new family is based on Qwen3 using the same LoRA + small pointer head technique as before, but scaled up. Out of domain, on data Kev never trained on: Kev-8B 79.6%, Jev 85.7%. • Drop-in TypeSafe System One API; their SDK works with one `base_url` change • Kev-4B serves on a 32 GB Mac in bf16: ~300 ms for five questions, ~40 ms on an H100 •…

Jared Palmer@jaredpalmer2d ago

Kev-0.5B: A tiny open source Jev-like decision model with a TypeSafe-compatible API based on Qwen2.5-0.5B that you can train and run on a MacBook Pro. Model card and weights are available on GitHub https://github.com/jaredpalmer/kev