AI21 Labs, founded in 2017 and headquartered in the United States, is a software development company employing approximately 230 people. The company's primary offering is access to its language models, which are designed to facilitate text generation and comprehension capabilities within various applications.
On an unspecified date in 2024, AI21 Labs released Jamba 1.6, an open model family for enterprise deployment. Jamba Large 1.6 reportedly surpasses Mistral Large 2, Llama 3.3 70B, and Command R+ in quality, while Jamba Mini 1.6 outperforms Ministral 8B, Llama 3.1 8B, and Command R7B. Also in 2024, Yoav from AI21 Labs contributed to Google Cloud’s ‘Future of AI: Perspectives for Startups 2025’ report, expressing skepticism about the term "Artificial General Intelligence." AI21 Labs noted a perceived trend in 2024 of increased interest in AI agents, as evidenced by social media activity. Separately, AI21 Labs observed that enterprise AI adoption faces challenges, citing unreliability and an inability to meet expectations. Finally, on an unspecified date, AI21 Labs commented on a DeepSeek model that outperformed OpenAI's o1 on benchmarks while reducing costs.
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