Cygnet

Closed weights Gray Swan 8B parameters July 2024

No estimate

No hardware requirements for this model

The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.

On record

Full specification

Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.

Origin

Who built this model, where, and when it was published.

Organisation
Gray Swan
Organisation type
Industry
Country
United States of America
Published
16 July 2024

What it does

The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.

Domain
Language
Task
Chat, Language modeling/generation
Base model
Llama 3-8B

Size

How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.

Parameters
8B
Training data
tokens

Availability

Whether you can obtain the model and run it on your own hardware, which is what decides if any of the graphics-card figures on this page apply.

Weights
Closed — provider access only
Model access
API access
Training code
Unreleased

How it is classified

Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.

Record confidence
Confident

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference
Embrace the Future of Secure AI with Cygnet
Last updated
28 November 2025

What the numbers mean

What this model is

Cygnet was published by Gray Swan, in the country recorded as United States of America, during July 2024. It comes out of an organisation categorised as industry.

It works in the domain of Language, and is recorded as performing the task of chat, Language modeling/generation.

Its starting point was an existing base model, Llama 3-8B. That is why it shares the base model's general shape and size.

Its weights were never published, so it can only be reached through its provider. No graphics card changes that.

Answers

Cygnet — common questions

01

Cygnet— how many parameters does it have?

It has a parameter count of 8B. That figure is the total, and it is what decides how much memory the model needs — roughly half a gigabyte per billion at the compression most people use.

02

Cygnet— who created it?

It was published by Gray Swan, based in United States of America, an organisation categorised as industry.

03

Cygnet— when was it released?

It was published in July 2024. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

04

Cygnet— what is it used for?

It works in the domain of Language, and is recorded as handling the task of chat, Language modeling/generation. A model can carry several of each, so these are the areas it was built for rather than a limit on what it will attempt.

05

Cygnet— what GPU do I need to run it?

None. This is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.

06

Cygnet— is it open source?

No. Its weights have not been published, so it exists only as a service controlled by its owner.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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