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AI21 Labs
Foundation model company known for Jurassic and Jamba models, plus enterprise generative AI products for writing and document workflows.
Last reviewed: 9 October 2026
Quick facts
- Founded
- 2017
- Headquarters
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- Ownership
- Private
- Open source
- Yes
- Enterprise
- Yes
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Company profile
- Founded
- 2017
- Headquarters
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- Founders
- Yoav Shoham, Ori Goshen, Amnon Shashua
- CEO
- Ariel Stern
- Funding
- Private
- Ownership
- Private
- Country
- Israel
- Open source
- Yes
- Cloud provider
- No
- Website
- https://www.ai21.com
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