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AI21 Labs

AI21 Labs

16 models across 6 families · Latest: Jamba Large 1.7 (2026-02)

Developing AI for natural language understanding.

RAGAgentsLong contextClassificationJSON / Tool useBusiness

AI21 Labs's portfolio covers 16 active models across 5 current families, spanning rag, agents, and long context. Open a model detail page to compare provider routes and sourced benchmarks.

Covers 5 workload areas across 16 active tracked models; last verified 2026-05-22.

Use it for

  • Teams evaluating rag, agents, and long context across this lab's releases
  • Comparing model families before committing to a flagship
  • Migration and pricing follow-ups across 16 tracked models

Do not use it for

  • Choosing a hosting provider without opening a model page for price ladders

Active models

16

Current models from this lab, excluding deprecated ones

Active families

5

Current model families from this lab

Open catalog

7 open

3 open source / 4 open weights

Lowest output price

$0.400 /1M

Cheapest tracked output across active models, per 1M tokens

Latest dated release

2026-02-01

Jamba Large 1.7

Freshness

2026-05-22

Researched 122d ago

stale

Information

Founded2017
Tel Aviv, Israel

Release cadence

Dated releases
5
Latest model
Jamba Large 1.7
Latest date
2026-02-01

Where this lab wins

  • RAG: 5 tracked models with ruler / needle retrieval benchmarks.
  • Agentic: 5 tracked models with BFCL, tau-bench, and SWE-bench tool-use coverage.
  • Long-context: 7 tracked models with context-token or InfiniteBench-class signal.
  • Classification: 9 tracked models with MMLU-class moderation/safety coverage.

Flagship quality / price signal

Flagship
Jamba v0.1
Selection source
Best sourced coding Q/$
Coding grade
unknown
Benchmark / output price
Not enough sourced benchmark and price coverage

About

AI21 Labs is an Israeli AI research company that specializes in developing advanced natural language understanding and generation technologies. Their work focuses on creating AI models and tools that can comprehend, analyze, and generate human-like text, enabling a wide range of applications. For example, in content creation, AI21 Labs' technologies can assist writers in generating ideas, suggesting improvements, or even automating the production of articles and reports. In customer support, their AI can power chatbots that provide accurate, context-aware responses to user inquiries.

Featured models

ModelReleasedContextInput price ($/1M)Output price ($/1M)LicenseOpenness
Jamba Large 1.72026-02-01256k$2.00$8.00Apache 2.0Open source
Jamba Mini 1.62025-03-06256k--Jamba Open ModelOpen weights
Jamba Large 1.62025-03-06256k--Jamba Open ModelOpen weights

Model families

Recent releases

  1. Jamba Large 1.7- 2026-02-01
  2. Jamba Mini 1.6- 2025-03-06
  3. Jamba Large 1.6- 2025-03-06
  4. Jamba 1.5 Large- 2024-08-22
  5. Jamba 1.5 Mini- 2024-08-22

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Last reviewed: 2026-05-22. Data sourced from public lab announcements and provider documentation.