Jamba (AI21)

https://www.ai21.com/blog/announcing-jamba

AI21's hybrid Mamba + Transformer MoE model — 256k context window; open-weights. First production model with SSM-Transformer hybrid architecture.

At a glance

Type
Hybrid Mamba-Transformer model
Tier
T2
Created
2024-03
Latest release
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License
Jamba Open License
Pricing
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Funding
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Taxonomy

storage
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retrieval
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persistence
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update
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unit
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governance
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conflict
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When to use

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Anti-fit: searched not found

Pros & cons

Pros

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Cons

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Claims & capabilities

Jamba 1.5 Large/Mini open weights; 256k tokens.

Technical surface

API surface
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Backend storage
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Deployment
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Embedding model
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Multi-tenancy
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MCP
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A2A
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OpenTelemetry
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Similar systems

Other recent method papers — theorized, no distinct product in the catalog, ranked by inbound references.

  • Compressive Transformer T3

    Maintains recent states in full resolution while compressing older memories with learned compression functions. DeepMind.

  • MemGPT v2 / agent-tools T3

    Already in catalog as the foundational MemGPT paper. Note: Letta is the productionised successor (cross-listed).

  • Transformer-XL T3

    Extends context through segment-level recurrence + caching of hidden states from prior segments. Foundational long-context architecture.

  • Generative Agents T3

    Park et al. — landmark agent-simulation paper. Reflection + memory stream + retrieval enable believable agent behavior.

  • MemoryBank T3

    Enhances LLMs with long-term memory. Early influential paper.

  • Reflexion T3

    Language agents with verbal reinforcement learning.

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