Baseten Releases joey-1, a 2B Decision Model at $0.01 per 1M Tokens

Kwon Crash

Published Oct 30, 2026, 12:53 AM UTC

Source: AISource
- Baseten dropped joey-1, a 2B decision model that skips the fluff and just spits probabilities. At $0.01 per million tokens, it’s cheaper than the coffee you’re drinking while waiting for your bag to moon. It’s fast, MIT-licensed, and beats other sub-4B models on the Jev index. Perfect for routing traffic without paying LLM prices. The regulators are probably crying because they can’t tax a probability distribution. Meanwhile, moonboys are still shilling JPEGs. Focus on efficiency, not hype. That’s how you survive the bear market merch cycle.