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EdgeRunner Achieves GPT-5 Level Performance For Key Military Tasks While Running Locally On-Device

via Business Wire

Defense tech startup becomes first in the world to operationalize GPT-5 class AI capabilities entirely on-device for the military in DDIL environments

EdgeRunner AI, the leader in military-specific, on-device artificial intelligence, today announced EdgeRunner 20B, a new research model that matches GPT-5 level performance on four military test sets while running completely air-gapped on-device in Denied, Disrupted, Intermittent, and Limited (DDIL) environments. The company released a research paper detailing the full results.

“Two years ago many believed GPT-4 level performance on a commodity device was impossible due to compute, memory, and power constraints inherent to edge hardware,” said Tyler Saltsman, Co-Founder & CEO at EdgeRunner AI. “We overcame those limits—achieving GPT-5 level performance entirely on-device—and we are the first in the world to operationalize this for military use cases in contested and denied environments."

EdgeRunner 20B will be integrated into EdgeRunner AI’s state-of-the-art Generative AI platform, which delivers occupation and mission-specific AI agents air-gapped on-device. Specifically developed for the warfighter, this technology offers both defense and enterprise users a hyper-personalized assistant powered by AI agents that functions independent of internet connectivity for increased privacy and security.

The platform is powered by state-of-the-art Small Language Models (SLMs) of various parameter sizes, including EdgeRunner-Light, EdgeRunner-Medium, and EdgeRunner-Heavy, purpose-built for military operations. Optimized for secure, on-device deployment across AI PCs, mobile devices, and edge computing environments, the platform delivers high-performance AI capabilities without requiring internet access. EdgeRunner supports a wide range of functions, including chat, Q&A, summarization, language translation, transcription, code generation, multi-document RAG (PDF, Word, PowerPoint), text-to-speech (TTS), and speech-to-text (STT). Military Occupational Specialty (MOS)-specific adapters tailored for roles such as logistics, combat medic, and combat arms ensure responses are contextually accurate and operationally relevant for each user.

About EdgeRunner AI

EdgeRunner AI is the leader in military-specific, on-device artificial intelligence, offering the world’s fastest on-device military AI platform, engineered for Denied, Disrupted, Intermittent, and Limited (DDIL) environments. With cutting-edge LLMs, intelligent agents, and computer vision systems, EdgeRunner AI delivers warfighters AI-driven speed, precision, and autonomy—without the cloud. For more information, visit: https://www.edgerunnerai.com

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