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description: Qwen 3.8 27B, Alibaba's 27-billion-parameter vision language model, is now available on Workers AI.
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August 17, 2026

## Qwen 3.8 27B now available on Workers AI

[Workers AI](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/)

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[`@cf/qwen/qwen3.8-27b`](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/models/qwen3.8-27b/) is now available on Workers AI.

Qwen 3.8 27B is a 27-billion-parameter instruction-tuned vision language model from Alibaba's Qwen family. It processes images and text together, with reasoning and function calling for agentic workflows.

**Key capabilities:**

- **Vision**: Accept image and text inputs and generate text responses.
- **Reasoning**: Support thinking mode for complex, step-by-step problem-solving.
- **Function calling**: Build agents that invoke tools and APIs across multiple conversation turns.
- **262,144 token context window**: Retain long conversations and multimodal inputs across extended agent sessions.

Use Qwen 3.8 27B through the [Workers AI binding](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/configuration/bindings/) (`env.AI.run()`) or the REST API at `/ai/run`. You can also use [AI Gateway](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/) with these endpoints.

For more information, refer to the [Qwen 3.8 27B model page](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/models/qwen3.8-27b/) and [pricing](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/platform/pricing/).

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