Elephant Models by Baseten
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1 model2026Up to 16K ctx
Last refreshed 2026-10-21. Next refresh: weekly.
Details
ResearcherBaseten
LicenseMITOSI-approved
Commercial usePermitted
Models1
Released2026
Max context16K
Capabilities
Structured OutputsAll models
About
Elephant is Base Labs' (Baseten) line of open-weight decision models. elephant-1 (9B), the first release on 2026-10-21, is a full fine-tune of Qwen3.5-9B that returns a probability per option for choice, yes/no and score questions instead of generating text, under MIT.
Decision facts
- Best fit
- agentstructured outputs
- Capability starting point
- elephant-1 with 16K context and structured outputs
- Lowest tracked input
- Not tracked
- Closest related family
- Quyet
Current Variants
Use-when guidance is based on each model's tracked capabilities, context window, release date, and replacement status.
1 in view
elephant-1Current
Use when the workload needs 16K context, 9B parameters, and structured outputs.
2026-1016K context9B parametersstructured outputs
| Model | Use when | Released | Signals | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| elephant-1 | Use when the workload needs 16K context, 9B parameters, and structured outputs. | 2026-10 | 16K context9B parametersstructured outputs | Current |
Release Timeline
1 release group2026-10
1 current
elephant-1
Current16K context9B parametersstructured outputs
Specifications(1 models)
| Model | Released | Context | Parameters | Structured Outputs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| elephant-1 | 2026-10 | 16K | 9B | Yes |