Jamba 1.5
Overview
Jamba 1.5 is a open hybrid (mamba-transformer) model from AI21, released in 2024. It accepts text as input and produces text. With a context window of 256K tokens, it is well suited to long-context enterprise workloads and function calling.
Capabilities
On reasoning, Jamba 1.5 is rated good, while its coding ability is good. Multimodal support: No. These characteristics make it a strong fit for long-context enterprise workloads and function calling. As with any frontier system, real-world performance depends heavily on how you prompt and integrate it.
Availability & Pricing
Jamba 1.5 is accessible via an API. Pricing model: Open weights / API. Availability and pricing for AI models change frequently; confirm the latest details from AI21 before building on it.
Best Use Cases
The sweet spot for Jamba 1.5 is long-context enterprise workloads and function calling. Teams choosing a model should weigh context length, cost, latency and modality against their workload — Jamba 1.5 is a particularly good match when those priorities align with its strengths.