# Baseten's Mammoth-1 and Elephant-1 now available on AI Gateway for free

By Steven Van · 2026-10-21

Both Baseten decision models cost nothing on AI Gateway through October 27, and work with the AI SDK, HTTP API and OpenAI- or TypeSafe-compatible clients.

Baseten's Mammoth-1 and Elephant-1 are free on [Vercel](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/tools/vercel>)'s AI Gateway for one week, through October 27. Both are decision models, which classify text, route requests and score content against criteria the developer defines.

## The two models

- **Mammoth-1** is the larger model at 27B parameters. It is #1 on the Jev Decision Index.

- **Elephant-1** is a smaller 9B option. It is tied for #1 on the Artificial Analysis Decision Index.

Both support a 16k-token context window and return choices, probabilities and scores.

## How decisions work

Several questions can be asked about the same input in one request. A Choice question can select a support team, a Boolean question can check whether a refund is being requested, and a Score question can rate urgency. The application sets the probability threshold for acting automatically or sending a result for review.

The model names are baseten/mammoth-1 and baseten/elephant-1. In the [decision documentation](<https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/modalities/decision>), requests go through the AI SDK's experimental\_decide (ai 7.0.128 or later), the HTTP API at /v1/evaluate, the OpenAI-compatible Decisions API, or the TypeSafe-compatible API. They are not supported through Chat Completions, Responses, or the Anthropic-compatible or Cohere-compatible endpoints.

## Usage tracking

Decision calls appear in AI Gateway logs and count toward budgets alongside other model requests.

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Sources

[Original source](<https://vercel.com/changelog/basetens-mammoth-1-and-elephant-1-now-available-on-ai-gateway-for-free>)

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