pico-type
v02Apache 2.0200KB Edge AI Text Classifier
pico-type v02 is a 200kb edge ai text classifier. Published under scientific identifier ArXiv:2608.14658. Operates across Parameters: 1.5M · Inference: <6ms on CPU · Binary Size: 200KB ONNX · Classification: 62 languages · 90 MIME types · Paper: ArXiv 2608.14658 · License: Apache 2.0. License: Apache 2.0.
Byte-level text classifier that runs in under 6ms on CPU with a 200KB ONNX export. Classifies 62 programming languages and 90 MIME types. Published on ArXiv (2608.14658: "pico-type: A 1.5M-Parameter Byte-Level Multi-Head Content Classifier"). Designed for edge deployment, air-gapped systems, and high-throughput classification pipelines.
- ✓Published research on ArXiv (2608.14658)
- ✓Smallest production classifier: 200KB total
- ✓Sub-6ms inference on any CPU
- ✓No tokeniser needed — operates at byte level
- ✓7 classification heads in a single model
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pip install onnxruntimeCite this Model & Architecture
If you utilize pico-type in your academic research, benchmarks, or enterprise deployments, please cite our open-weight publication:
@misc{eulogik2026picotype,
title = {pico-type v02: 200KB Edge AI Text Classifier},
author = {Kishore, Gautam and Eulogik Systems Engineering},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Eulogik},
howpublished = {\url{https://eulogik.com/models/pico-type}},
note = {ArXiv: 2608.14658}
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