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AI21 Labs
Builds the Jamba models, a hybrid Transformer–Mamba architecture.
| Type | Frontier labs |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 |
| Founders | Yoav Shoham, Ori Goshen, Amnon Shashua |
| Headquarters | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Website | ai21.com |
AI21 Labs models
Latest releases
- ai21labs/AI21-Jamba2-Mini-FP86 Jan 2026
- ai21labs/AI21-Jamba2-3B6 Jan 2026
- ai21labs/AI21-Jamba2-Mini6 Jan 2026
- ai21labs/AI21-Jamba-Reasoning-3B-GGUF5 Oct 2025
- ai21labs/AI21-Jamba-Reasoning-3B5 Oct 2025
- ai21labs/AI21-Jamba-Large-1.7-FP82 Jul 2025
Most downloaded
- ai21labs/AI21-Jamba-Reasoning-3B42,604 downloads (30 days)
- ai21labs/Jamba-tiny-dev40,479 downloads (30 days)
- ai21labs/AI21-Jamba2-3B16,955 downloads (30 days)
- ai21labs/Jamba-tiny-random5,607 downloads (30 days)
- ai21labs/Jamba-v0.15,236 downloads (30 days)
Source: Hugging Face Hub, organisation ai21labs, read 2 Nov 2026.
AI21 Labs: quick answers
Who founded AI21 Labs?
AI21 Labs was founded in 2017 by Yoav Shoham, Ori Goshen, Amnon Shashua.
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