{"slug": "amazon-strands-decider-2b-agent-decisions-no-llm", "title": "Amazon Strands Decider 2B: Agent Decisions, No LLM", "summary": "Amazon released Strands Decider 2B, an open-source model that makes agent routing decisions in 106ms without generating text, according to byteiota. The model is positioned as a faster alternative to LLM-based routing for AI agents, with the report including a cost comparison against that approach.", "body_md": "Amazon's open-source Strands Decider 2B makes agent routing decisions in 106ms without generating text. Here's how it works, where it fits, and the honest cost comparison.\n\nThe post \nAmazon Strands Decider 2B: Agent Decisions, No LLM\n appeared first on \nbyteiota\n.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/amazon-strands-decider-2b-agent-decisions-no-llm", "canonical_source": "https://byteiota.com/amazon-strands-decider-2b-agent-decisions-no-llm/", "published_at": "2026-10-03 02:11:18+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-03 02:37:25.570301+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "large-language-models", "ai-tools", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Amazon", "Strands Decider 2B", "byteiota"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/amazon-strands-decider-2b-agent-decisions-no-llm", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/amazon-strands-decider-2b-agent-decisions-no-llm.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/amazon-strands-decider-2b-agent-decisions-no-llm.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/amazon-strands-decider-2b-agent-decisions-no-llm.jsonld"}}