OpenRouter Releases Elephant Alpha: 100B-Parameter Model with 256K Context Window and Free Pricing
OpenRouter has released Elephant Alpha, a 100B-parameter text model with a 256K context window and 32K output token limit. The model is available at no cost through OpenRouter's platform, supporting function calling, structured output, and prompt caching.
OpenRouter Releases Elephant Alpha: 100B-Parameter Model with 256K Context Window and Free Pricing
OpenRouter has released Elephant Alpha, a 100B-parameter text model designed for "intelligence efficiency" with a 256K context window and support for up to 32K output tokens. The model is available at $0 per million tokens for both input and output through OpenRouter's routing platform.
Technical Specifications
Elephant Alpha features:
- 100 billion parameters
- 262,144 (256K) token context window
- 32,768 (32K) maximum output tokens
- Function calling support
- Structured output capabilities
- Prompt caching
- Released April 13, 2025
According to OpenRouter, the model focuses on "delivering strong reasoning performance while minimizing token usage," though specific benchmark scores have not been disclosed.
Target Use Cases
OpenRouter positions Elephant Alpha for three primary applications:
- Code completion and debugging
- Rapid document processing
- Lightweight agent interactions
The model is available through OpenRouter's unified API, which routes requests across multiple providers with automatic fallbacks. OpenRouter notes that prompts and completions may be logged by the provider and used for model improvement.
Pricing and Access
The model is currently available at zero cost through OpenRouter's platform, with no charges for input or output tokens. This pricing is managed through OpenRouter's routing system, which normalizes requests and responses across providers.
The model supports OpenAI-compatible API calls and can be accessed through the OpenAI SDK as well as various third-party SDKs and frameworks.
What This Means
Elephant Alpha enters a crowded field of large language models with a distinctive positioning around "intelligence efficiency" and a notably large context window at 256K tokens. The free pricing through OpenRouter makes it accessible for experimentation, though the lack of published benchmarks makes it difficult to assess performance claims against established models. The 32K output token limit is substantially higher than many competing models, which could be useful for document generation tasks. However, the data logging policy and absence of performance metrics warrant careful evaluation for production deployments.
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