Reka AI
Updated May 2026Reka
A compact multimodal lab with Core, Flash, and Edge models
Reka is a smaller frontier-style lab focused on multimodal models that can handle text, images, video, and audio. The family is useful for students because it shows that model capability is not only a Big Tech race; specialist teams can build credible models by focusing on architecture, data, and product surfaces.
Variants
3
Best at
multimodal model family
Max context
128K
tokens
Pricing
Reka API
varies
per hosted usage
Variants
Sort the table by context window or cost to find the right variant. Click any version below for a battle card with ranks, pricing notes, and official links.
| Modalities | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Reka Core reka-core | 128K | varies / varies | 2024 | textvisionaudiovideo |
Reka Flash reka-flash | 128K | varies / varies | 2024 | textvisionaudiovideo |
Reka Edge reka-edge-2603 | 32K | varies / varies | 2024 | textvision |
Battle card
Context rank
#1
within Reka
Capability rank
#1
modalities + reasoning
Weights
Closed
API/app access
Best fights to pick
- multimodal chat
- video and image reasoning
- frontier-model comparisons
Rankings are Tendril directory ranks, computed from the model data shown here. Public benchmark leaderboards change often, so official docs and current benchmark pages should be checked before buying or deploying.
Learn
Lessons about this model
Structured lessons that cover Reka directly or put it in context alongside its rivals.
Reka: Family Map
Reka: Flagship Picker
Reka: Cost And Context
Reka: Reasoning Mode
Reka: Multimodal Workflows
Reka: Coding And Software Tasks
Reka: Agents And Tool Use
Reka: Local Or Private Deployment
Reka: Benchmarks And Reality Checks
Reka: Safety And Limits
Reka: Prompt Recipes
Reka: Industry Use Cases
Reka: Compare Against Rivals
Reka: Build A Mini Workflow
Reka: Capstone Selection Memo
Check yourself
Quizzes
Short, mixed-difficulty quiz sets on Reka and its model family.
Reka Model Family Quiz
5 questions
A short quiz on where Reka fits, which variants matter, and how to choose it responsibly.
Start quiz →Hands-on
Try these prompts
Ready-made prompts that show Reka at its best. Use them in your own AI workspace, then compare the output with what you learned in Tendril.
Reka same-task bakeoff
BuildersCompare Reka against a cheaper and stronger rival on one real task.
Use Reka for this task, then compare with one cheaper model and one stronger model: summarize a 10-page policy document into risks, decisions, owners, and open questions.
Reka failure-mode log
CreatorsTrack where Reka fails instead of only saving the best output.
Run this task three times. For every answer, mark failures as factual error, formatting error, weak reasoning, refusal, or missing citation.
Print & keep
Printable reference
One-page summaries and flowcharts — great for desks, classrooms, or study sessions.
Go deeper
Official resources
Straight from the lab — docs, API references, and the chat surfaces you can try today.
Strengths
- multimodal model family
- simple API model IDs
- interesting independent-lab comparison
Limits
- closed weights
- smaller ecosystem and mindshare
- less public pricing visibility