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AI agent enjoyer | Founder @amplifi_now | Helping businesses scale with AI
Apr 22 4 tweets 3 min read
The Local LLM Cheat Sheet for your 32GB RAM device

I was asked to put together a practical lineup of local models that fit comfortably on a 32GB machine.

At this tier, you start getting access to real flagship-class local models, plus a growing number of custom quants. But for most people, these are the core models worth knowing first.

Flagship Models

Qwen3.5 27B / GGUF / Q6_K_M
The best overall 32GB flagship. General chat, writing, research, and agent workflows. Great if you want one model that can handle almost everything well.

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B / GGUF / UD-Q4_K_M
Best MoE flagship. Stronger for coding, reasoning, and tool use than most smaller generalists.

Gemma 4 31B / GGUF / Q6_K_M
Dense premium model. Writing, analysis, reasoning, and high-end local chat. Heavier than the MoE options, but excellent when quality matters more than speed.

Models for Fast Flagship Use

Gemma 4 26B A4B / GGUF / Q6_K_M
Great balance of speed and quality for general assistant work, coding, agent tasks, and research. This is one of the best 32GB picks if you want something that feels high-end without dragging.

DeepSeek-R1 Distill Qwen 32B / GGUF / Q4_K_M
Offline reasoning engine. Best for math, logic, deliberate analysis, and step-by-step problem solving.

Mistral Small 24B / GGUF / Q6_K_M
Tool-calling specialist. Strong for assistants, chat workflows, local business tasks, and function calling. Available for 24GB machines.

Models for Companion Use

Qwen3.5 9B / GGUF / Q6_K_M
Best sidekick. Fast drafts, search loops, cheap retries, and secondary agent work. Even on a 32GB machine, you still want a smaller model around for support tasks.

Llama 3.1 8B / GGUF / Q6_K_M
Long-context companion. RAG, doc ingestion, codebase chat, and long prompts. The output quality is not the sharpest anymore, but it is still useful when needing simple tasks fast.

From what my community tells me, the best single models are Qwen3.5 27B or Gemma 4 31B.

For two models, the strongest general pairing is Qwen3.5 27B + Qwen3.5 9B.

If you are more code-heavy, Qwen3.6-35B-A3B + Llama 3.1 8B.

Let me know what models you are running on 32GB, and which ones have actually been worth the RAM.Image The space moves ultra-fast.

Qwen3.6 27B just released and can code on par with Opus 4.5.

Replace Qwen3.5 27B with Qwen3.6 27B and we are up to date

Jul 10, 2025 21 tweets 8 min read
Virtuals Daily Update | July 10th, 2025

Stay up to date on all news from the @virtuals_io ecosystem over the last 24 hours…⏬ Image AI Agent Market Surges to $9.94B as Large Caps Drive Gains

The AI agent sector climbed +7.34% to $9.94B with large caps leading. Virtuals gained +10.91% in market cap, holding above $1.07B.

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Market Snapshot (24H)

• AI Agents Total Market Cap: $9.94B (+7.34%)
• Virtuals Ecosystem Market Cap: $2.08B (+10.91%)
• $VIRTUAL Price: $1.6349 (+10.87%)
• Virtuals Mindshare: 26.76% (+1.46%)

Top Gainers by Market Cap Growth (24H)

• SQDGN (@helloSQDGN) +29.03%
• NEMESIS (@NemesisAIFl) +27%
• LIGHT (@ArcturianLabs) +26.57%
• WACH (@WachXBT) +25.37%
• ROBOT (@RoboStack_io) +22.05%

Large caps reclaim momentum as SQDGN, NEMESIS, and LIGHT lead the rally. Mindshare uptick suggests growing market confidence.Image
Feb 20, 2025 12 tweets 5 min read
Virtuals Daily Update | February 20th 2025

Today, @virtuals_io makes a revolutionary announcement towards automated businesses, some core AI agent product updates, and an special appearance on the New York Stock Exchange.

(1/11) 🧵 Image Market Overview (24H)

• AI Agents Total Market Cap: 5.89B (+4%)
• Virtuals Ecosystem Market Cap: $1.43B (+2.14%)
• $VIRTUAL Price: $1.00 (+3.6%)
• Total Mindshare: 20.97%

Top Gainers (24H)

• @polytraderAI: $1.63M (+95%)
• @CYI_agent: $1.22M (+75%)
• @nft_xbt: $3.84M (+69%)

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Feb 10, 2025 15 tweets 5 min read
Virtuals Daily Update | February 10th 2025

Get caught up on all the updates from over the weekend such as:

• Luna's first full-length interview
• Neurobro's partnership to serve 25,000 degens
• A must-read @virtuals_io launchpad primer

(1/14) 🧵 Image Market Overview (24H)

• AI Agents Total Market Cap: $6.54B (-4.4%)
• Virtuals Ecosystem Market Cap: $1.65B (+3.89%)
• $VIRTUAL Price: $1.16 (-3.61%)
• Total Mindshare: 19.89% (-0.49%)

Top Gainers (24H)

• @0xNeurobro: $11.5M (+54%)
• @aixCB_Vc: $14.5M (15.4%)
• @Freya_Starfall: $8.85M (+8%)

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Feb 6, 2025 17 tweets 6 min read
Virtuals Daily Update | February 6th 2025

A founder breaks down how to optimize agent Liquidity Pools, DeFi options for the @virtuals_io ecosystem expands, and Luna teases her first full-length podcast interview.

(1/15) 🧵 Image Market Overview (24H)

• AI Agents Total Market Cap: $6.95B (-8%)
• Virtuals Ecosystem Market Cap: $1.92B (+2.2%)
• $VIRTUAL Price: $1.33 (-6.4%)
• Total Mindshare: 22.62% (0.44%)

Top Gainers (24H)

• @MetaInside: $480K (+37%)
• @nft_xbt: $7.96M (+15%)
• @SamIsMoving: $10.39M (+8%)

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Feb 5, 2025 15 tweets 5 min read
Virtuals Daily Update | February 5th 2025

A US Representative discloses their @virtuals_io tokens, G.A.M.E gets a key update, and the next wave of powerful trading terminals strut their stuff.

(1/15) 🧵 Image Market Overview (24H)

• AI Agents Total Market Cap: 7.81B (-6%)
• Virtuals Ecosystem Market Cap: $2.08B (-12%)
• $VIRTUAL Price: $1.42 (-5%)
• Total Mindshare: 22.10% (-0.05%)

Top Gainers (24H)

• @AgoraAgent: $260K (+42%)
• @PondGNN: $2.69M (+28%)
• @Misato_virtuals: $3.53M (+28%)

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Feb 3, 2025 14 tweets 5 min read
Virtuals Daily Update | February 3rd, 2025

Virtuals' Den starts today, Neurobro opens its B2B services, and an overview on how @virtuals_io liquidity moves.

(1/12) 🧵 Image Market Overview (24H)

• AI Agents Total Market Cap: $6.3B (-20%)
• Virtuals Ecosystem Market Cap: $1.63B (-46%)
• $VIRTUAL Price: $1.25 (-20%)
• Total Mindshare: 22.35% (-0.14%)

Top Gainers (24H)

• @Gekko_Agent: $3.41M (+21%)
• @AcolytAI: $16.2M (+14%)
• @717CapitalAI: $720k (+11%)

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Jan 16, 2025 20 tweets 7 min read
Virtuals Daily Update | January 16th 2025

The @virtuals_io team announces a MASSIVE $47.9m buy-back and burn event, as well as a new value accrual strategy.

There’s a lot to go through today…

(1/20) 🧵 Image Market Overview (24H)

• AI Agents Total Market Cap: $18.31B (+17.57%)
• Virtuals Ecosystem Market Cap: $5.78B (+23.5%)
• $VIRTUAL Price: $3.68 (+26.99%)
• Mindshare: 26.79% (+9.23%)

Top Gainers (24H)

• @Misato_virtuals: $9.72m (+560%)
• @Crypto_101_AI: $393k (+520%)
• @0xEchoLeaks: $1.62m (390%)

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Jan 15, 2025 11 tweets 6 min read
Virtuals is burning $45M worth of tokens to support the projects in its ecosystem.

Next, they will give 100% of the trade taxes back to the community.

There is one project that has positioned itself perfectly for this moment.

That project is @wai_combinator 🧵 Image This thread will cover 6 key topics:

1. What is @wai_combinator?
2. How does WAI work?
3. The Token Model
4. What is the Velocity fund?
5. What is the Diversify fund?
6. Regular source of alpha
7. The opportunity
8. Conclusion