Penguin-Encoder
Released by tencent in 2026, Penguin-Encoder is an embedding model. Penguin-Encoder is an open-weights embed model.
by tencent
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Ways to use Penguin-Encoder in osFoundry
Connect with your own key (BYOK)
Open the key dialog and paste your tencent API key. osFoundry discovers Penguin-Encoder automatically — assign it to a Maestro role (router, direct, orchestrator, or fallback) in the Pipeline tab and it is live in every chat. Your key, your provider account — no token markup.
Deploy a dedicated endpoint
Penguin-Encoder is open-weights — run it locally for free, or deploy a dedicated GPU endpoint in your workspace for reserved capacity with no rate limits.
Use it in a Room App
Room Apps declare AI features in their manifest, then call them with invokeAI:
import { invokeAI } from '@osfoundry/app-sdk'
// 'summarize' is an AI feature declared in your app manifest.
const result = await invokeAI('summarize', userText)
Call it from your own apps
Once a model is wired into your workspace you can host it as an API and reach it from your own services, scripts, or CI — outside osFoundry.
Penguin-Encoder vs similar models
Licence
Unspecified — Licence terms not specified — verify the upstream model card before commercial use.
Check upstream documentation.
Frequently asked about Penguin-Encoder
Is Penguin-Encoder free to use?
Penguin-Encoder is free to run locally on your own hardware. Hosted access through osFoundry is metered (input Free (local), output Free (local)). You can switch between local and hosted at any time.
Can I use Penguin-Encoder commercially?
Commercial use is allowed with conditions. Licence terms not specified — verify the upstream model card before commercial use. Check upstream documentation.
Can I run Penguin-Encoder locally?
Yes. Penguin-Encoder is open-weights and runs locally on a workstation GPU. osFoundry's local runtime handles model loading, quantisation, and routing.
What is Penguin-Encoder best at?
Penguin-Encoder is well-suited to feature extraction.
How do I use Penguin-Encoder in osFoundry?
Paste your tencent API key in the key dialog (or deploy the open weights for self-hostable models), assign Penguin-Encoder to a Maestro role in the Pipeline tab, then use it in chat, Room Apps via invokeAI, or your own apps.
Published by tencent on March 5, 2026. Source: https://huggingface.co/tencent/Penguin-Encoder