Research

How we build the small models that run on Seal: what they do, how we test them, and where they fall short.

18 October 2026Relay 1: a tool-calling model that reads instead of writesAn 11.5 MB model that turns a request and a list of tools into exact function calls, on the device. How it works, how we tested it against 12 other models, and where it loses.