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AI21 Labs

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AI21 Labs is an Israeli company that builds the Jamba family of large language models and enterprise generative-AI tools such as Wordtune.

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What it does

AI21 Labs is an Israeli company that builds the Jamba family of large language models and enterprise generative-AI tools such as Wordtune.

Why it matters

It is one of the earlier commercial large-language-model developers and its Jamba models are distributed through major cloud AI marketplaces including Amazon Bedrock.

How it makes money

It sells API access to its language models and subscriptions to enterprise products such as its Wordtune writing tool.

Geography

Israel (Tel Aviv)

AI stack position

Foundation models and AI laboratories. The organizations actually building the AI models themselves, like the systems behind ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. This is the most crowded, fastest-moving layer of the AI economy right now.

Competitors
Mistral AI

Connections (3)

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Current relationships (2)

AI21 Labs distributes models via Amazon Web Services
Publishes throughCurrent
AI21 Labs makes its Jamba foundation models available to customers through Amazon Bedrock, per AI21's and AWS's own published announcements.

Source: 2024-09-23 · reviewed 2026-09-27

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Does not establish revenue share, exclusivity, or usage volume between the companies.

Jamba 1.5 family of models by AI21 Labs is now available in Amazon Bedrock ↗
NVIDIA invested in AI21 Labs
Invested inCurrent
NVIDIA participated, alongside Google, in AI21 Labs' $155 million Series C, announced on 31 August 2023 at a $1.4 billion valuation (AI21 Labs). A reported $300 million Series D in 2025 was never finalized, according to Calcalist.

Source: 2023-08-31 · reviewed 2026-09-27

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Completed

Limits: Does not establish ownership percentage, board representation, or any operating/commercial relationship beyond the equity investment.

AI21 Labs Announces Series C Funding Round at $1.4 Billion Valuation ↗

Comparisons (1)

AI21 Labs competes with Mistral AI
Competes withComparison only
AI21 Labs and Mistral AI both develop and sell enterprise-focused large language models, representing overlapping offerings in the enterprise LLM market.

Source: Source undated · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Analytical comparison · Ongoing

Limits: Does not establish market share, revenue comparison, or customer overlap beyond product category.

AI21 Labs company profile ↗
Evidence for this profile

AI21 Labs raises $300M from Google and Nvidia to expand enterprise AI offerings ↗
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