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Rnj 1 Instruct


Rnj 1 Instruct is Essential AI's language model with a 33K context window, available from 2 providers, starting at $0.150 / 1M input and $0.150 / 1M output. An 8B-parameter open-weight instruction-tuned LLM from Essential AI trained from scratch with a focus on programming, mathematics, and scientific reasoning.
Specifications
Canonical IDessentialai-rnj-1-instruct
TypeLanguage
StatusActive
CreatorEssential AIEssential AI
Providers
Context Window33K tokens
Input ModalitiesText
Output ModalitiesText
Parameters8.31B
HuggingFace Likes317
HuggingFace Downloads (30d)6,591
HuggingFace Downloads (all-time)734,762
Release Date · 5 months ago

Capabilities

Input1/5
Text
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities3/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs
Native JSON Schema
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·

Pricing by Provider

ProviderStandard
Input
$ / 1M
Output
$ / 1M
Hugging Face logo
Hugging Face
together_ai:essentialai/rnj-1-instruct
$0.150$0.150
OpenRouter logo
OpenRouter
essentialai/rnj-1-instruct
$0.150$0.150

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Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
Gemma 3 12B Instruct131K$0.040$0.100Available
Gemma 3 4B Instruct131K$0.040$0.080Available
Rnj 1 Instruct33K$0.150$0.150Current
Gemma EmbeddingAvailable

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