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October 1, 2026
model releaseAmazon Web Services

Amazon open-sources Strands Decider 2B, a small decision model built on a Qwen3.5-2B base

Amazon Web Services has released Strands Decider 2B, an open-source model that chooses among pre-decided options and returns a confidence score instead of generating text. It is inspired by TypeSafe's Jev and is small enough to run locally. Amazon says it briefly topped the Jevbench ranking for models of its size.