Meet Kyutai REKI: The 2.4B VLA Model Bringing Efficient Memory to Robot Manipulation

Kwon Crash

Published Oct 18, 2026, 12:49 AM UTC

Source: AISource
- Kyutai dropped REKI, a 2.4B VLA that actually remembers what it did last second. While moonboys chase memecoins, this model uses a rolling cache to stop robot arms from having existential crises. It’s fast, open-source, and beats bigger models on LIBERO-Plus. The catch? CC BY-NC-SA license. You can’t sell it. So go ahead, build the next "Bitcoin for Cats" scam with free weights, but don’t expect profit. At least the hardware doesn’t need a seed phrase to not crash into walls. Professional solidarity: don't touch the robot unless you're ready to pay the hash manifest fee.