# Jamba Mini

> Jamba Mini is an open-weight language model from AI21 Labs, released on 1 Jan 2026. It accepts text and generates text, with a 256K-token context window and up to 4K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.20 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens (AI21 Studio), across 1 provider we track.

Source page: https://www.aimodel.directory/models/jamba-mini
Last verified: 4 Oct 2026

## Specifications

- **Developer:** AI21 Labs
- **Release date:** 1 Jan 2026 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/ai21/models/jamba-mini.toml)
- **Status:** Generally available (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/ai21/models/jamba-mini.toml)
- **Weights:** Open weights (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/ai21/models/jamba-mini.toml)
- **Context window:** 256K (256,000 tokens) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/ai21/models/jamba-mini.toml)
- **Max output:** 4K tokens (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/ai21/models/jamba-mini.toml)
- **Knowledge cutoff:** 22 Aug 2024 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/ai21/models/jamba-mini.toml)
- **Input:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/ai21/models/jamba-mini.toml)
- **Output:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/ai21/models/jamba-mini.toml)
- **Reasoning mode:** No (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/ai21/models/jamba-mini.toml)
- **Tool calling:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/ai21/models/jamba-mini.toml)
- **Structured output:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/ai21/models/jamba-mini.toml)

## API pricing (USD per 1M tokens)

| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI21 Studio | $0.20 | $0.40 | – | 256K |

## FAQ

### What is the context window of Jamba Mini?

Jamba Mini has a context window of 256,000 tokens (256K) and can generate up to 4,096 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.

### How much does the Jamba Mini API cost?

Through AI21 Studio, Jamba Mini costs $0.20 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens. Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.

### Is Jamba Mini open source?

Jamba Mini is an open-weight model. Check the license terms before commercial use.

### When was Jamba Mini released?

AI21 Labs released Jamba Mini on 1 Jan 2026, according to models.dev.

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