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Technology Innovation InstituteReleased September 6, 2023

Falcon 180B

Open Source180B parameters

Falcon 180B is Technology Innovation Institute's entry in a crowded field. Context window: 0.004K tokens.

Context

4K

Input

Free (open)

Key Specifications

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Arena Rank

Not disclosed

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Context Window

4K

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Input Price

per 1M tokens

Free (open)

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Output Price

per 1M tokens

Free (open)

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Parameters

180B

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Open Source

Yes

Best For

Researchmultilingual generationfine-tuning

About Falcon 180B

Falcon 180B, developed by the Technology Innovation Institute in Abu Dhabi, is an open-source model with 180 billion parameters and a 4K token context window. At the time of release, it was the largest and highest-performing open-source language model, topping the Hugging Face Open LLM Leaderboard. Trained on 3.5 trillion tokens of primarily English and multilingual web data using custom-built data pipelines, Falcon 180B demonstrates strong performance across reasoning, coding, and knowledge-intensive tasks. Free and open-source, though requiring substantial multi-GPU infrastructure to deploy. The model established the Technology Innovation Institute as a credible open-source AI contributor and demonstrated that organizations outside the traditional US-China AI axis could produce frontier-scale models. While now surpassed by newer models, Falcon 180B remains notable as a milestone in open-source AI development.

Pricing per 1M tokens

Input Tokens

Free (open)

Output Tokens

Free (open)

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Falcon 180B?
Falcon 180B, developed by the Technology Innovation Institute in Abu Dhabi, is an open-source model with 180 billion parameters and a 4K token context window. At the time of release, it was the largest and highest-performing open-source language model, topping the Hugging Face Open LLM Leaderboard. Trained on 3.5 trillion tokens of primarily English and multilingual web data using custom-built data pipelines, Falcon 180B demonstrates strong performance across reasoning, coding, and knowledge-intensive tasks. Free and open-source, though requiring substantial multi-GPU infrastructure to deploy. The model established the Technology Innovation Institute as a credible open-source AI contributor and demonstrated that organizations outside the traditional US-China AI axis could produce frontier-scale models. While now surpassed by newer models, Falcon 180B remains notable as a milestone in open-source AI development.
How much does Falcon 180B cost?
Technology Innovation Institute charges Free (open) per 1M input tokens for Falcon 180B, with output at Free (open). Competitive with other models in its tier.
What is Falcon 180B's context window?
Falcon 180B supports up to 4K tokens per request. A larger context window allows the model to reason over longer inputs, which matters for document analysis, code review, and multi-turn conversations.
Is Falcon 180B open source?
Yes — Technology Innovation Institute released Falcon 180B as open source. That means you're free to deploy it however you want: cloud, on-prem, edge. No API lock-in.
What is Falcon 180B best for?
Technology Innovation Institute positions Falcon 180B for: Research, multilingual generation, fine-tuning. Real-world performance will depend on your specific prompts and data, but these are the intended strengths.