{"slug": "baseten-s-mammoth-1-and-elephant-1-now-available-on-ai-gateway-for-free", "title": "Baseten's Mammoth-1 and Elephant-1 now available on AI Gateway for free", "summary": "Vercel's AI Gateway is offering Baseten's Mammoth-1 and Elephant-1 decision models free for one week, through October 27, under the model names `baseten/mammoth-1` and `baseten/elephant-1`. Mammoth-1 is the larger 27B model and ranks #1 on the Jev Decision Index, while the 9B Elephant-1 is tied for #1 on the Artificial Analysis Decision Index; both support a 16k-token context window and return choices, probabilities and scores for classifying text, routing requests and scoring content against user-defined criteria. Decision calls appear in AI Gateway logs and count toward budgets alongside other model requests.", "body_md": "[Mammoth-1](https://vercel.com/ai-gateway/models/mammoth-1) and [Elephant-1](https://vercel.com/ai-gateway/models/elephant-1) from Baseten are now available for free on AI Gateway for one week. Free access is available through October 27. These decision models classify text, route requests, and score content against criteria you define.\n\nMammoth-1 is the larger, 27B model, while Elephant-1 is a smaller, 9B option. Mammoth-1 is #1 on the Jev Decision Index and Elephant-1 is tied for #1 on the Artificial Analysis Decision Index.\n\nBoth support a 16k-token context window and return choices, probabilities, and scores. Ask several questions about the same input in one request: select a support team with a Choice question, check for a refund request with a Boolean question, or rate urgency with a Score question. Your application chooses the probability threshold for acting automatically or sending a result for review.\n\nUse `baseten/mammoth-1` or `baseten/elephant-1` as the model name:\n\nSee the [decision models documentation](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/modalities/decision) for question types and additional usage details.\n\nAI Gateway provides a unified API for accessing models and tracking usage and cost. Decision calls appear in [logs](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/observability-and-spend/logs) and count toward [budgets](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/observability-and-spend/budgets) alongside other model requests.\n\nBrowse [all decision models](https://vercel.com/ai-gateway/models?modality=decision) available on AI Gateway.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/baseten-s-mammoth-1-and-elephant-1-now-available-on-ai-gateway-for-free", "canonical_source": "https://vercel.com/changelog/basetens-mammoth-1-and-elephant-1-now-available-on-ai-gateway-for-free", "published_at": "2026-10-21 00:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-21 21:41:43.808966+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-tools", "large-language-models"], "entities": ["Baseten", "Vercel", "AI Gateway", "Mammoth-1", "Elephant-1", "Jev Decision Index", "Artificial Analysis Decision Index"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/baseten-s-mammoth-1-and-elephant-1-now-available-on-ai-gateway-for-free", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/baseten-s-mammoth-1-and-elephant-1-now-available-on-ai-gateway-for-free.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/baseten-s-mammoth-1-and-elephant-1-now-available-on-ai-gateway-for-free.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/baseten-s-mammoth-1-and-elephant-1-now-available-on-ai-gateway-for-free.jsonld"}}