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Apr 15, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Elephant Alpha: Free 100B‑Parameter Instant Model with 256K Context on OpenRouter

OpenRouter quietly launched Elephant Alpha, a free 100B‑parameter LLM with a 256K token window, positioned as an "instant model" that prioritises token efficiency and speed, supports function calling and prompt caching, and is compared against other Animal‑series models while community speculation surrounds its origin.