CES 2026: We tried an AI supercomputer that fit in our pocket. Meet Tiiny AI.
Unsurprisingly, AI is everywhere at CES 2026 and they usually come in the form of wearables.
However, AI PCs, computers built to handle all types of Large Language Models (LLMs) are also having a moment at CES.
One of those products making its debut at CES, the Tiiny AI Pocket Lab, has created a portable AI supercomputer that's not quite a wearable, but its so tiny that you can fit it in your pocket.
Tiiny AI's AI supercomputer, called the Tiiny AI Pocket Lab or Tiiny for short, was first shown to media at the Pepcom event at CES this week. Mashable was able to get a hands-on and try out Tiiny's capabilities and also observe just how tiny it is.
The first thing we noticed at the Tiiny AI booth was its Guinness World Records certificate naming the Tiiny AI Pocket Lab the official "world's smallest mini PC."
At first glance, Tiiny AI could be confused for a portable power bank. It's rectangular in shape and looks a bit brick-like. It's so small that it fits in the palm of your hand. It's also extremely light.
Again, we're talking about a computer here. Tiiny AI has managed to pack in a whopping 80GB of RAM and 1TB of SSD storage into this miniature device in order for it to actually be able to handle intensive AI processing.
Why would you need a high-performance PC for AI? Tiiny AI does all of its AI processing right on the device. Nothing leaves this mini supercomputer. If you're privacy-minded and don't want all of your data uploaded to the cloud or just don't want to pay for any more subscriptions, an AI computer is what you want. Tiiny AI wants to provide the most portable solution.
Tiiny AI has also built a corresponding desktop app to work with Tiiny so you don't have to be an AI developer or programmer to know how to run AI models on your device. Tiiny's app provides simple use for dozens of different models, including generative AI models that create images and video.
Testing out the Tiiny AI Pocket Lab's capabilities, it responded to prompts quite quickly and generated content just as fast, if not faster, than many popular cloud AI services. The Tiiny device I used had been running throughout the day and, surprisingly, it wasn't hot at all. It wasn't even that warm. This is interesting because a common feature for full-sized AI PCs is the ability to handle the high temperatures these computers can reach due to the intrusive AI processing. For a mini computer to be able to pull this off is pretty impressive.
The Tiiny AI Pocket Lab will be launched on Kickstarter within the next few months and will retail for $1,399 – pricey for a mini-computer, but in the more affordable range when it comes to AI computers.
Topics Artificial Intelligence CES
