Fast, cost-effective multimodal reasoning model for text, images, documents, and video on a 1M context (long docs and ~90 min clips).
AmazonText Generation1M contextReleased Dec 2, 2025Proprietary EndpointFast, cost-effective multimodal reasoning model for text, images, documents, and video on a 1M context (long docs and ~90 min clips).
Also known as Amazon Nova Lite 2
nova-lite-2/v1/chat/completionsPOST/v1/responsesPOST/v1/messagesPOST/v1beta/models/nova-lite-2:generateContentamazon-nova-lite-2amazon/nova-lite-2us.amazon.nova-2-lite-v1:0Live pay-as-you-go rates from the EmpirioLabs catalog. You are billed only for what you use, with no monthly minimum.
Nova Lite 2 serves the OpenAI-compatible Chat Completions API. Point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1 with your EmpirioLabs API key and use the model id nova-lite-2. Get an API key from the EmpirioLabs dashboard.
curl https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $EMPIRIOLABS_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "nova-lite-2",
"messages": [
{"role": "user", "content": "Write a haiku about the ocean."}
]
}'from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1",
api_key="YOUR_EMPIRIOLABS_API_KEY",
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="nova-lite-2",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Write a haiku about the ocean."}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Request parameters supported by the Nova Lite 2 API on EmpirioLabs. Defaults apply when a field is omitted.
| Parameter | Type | Default | Range / values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| temperature | number | 0.7 | 0 to 1 | Sampling temperature, from 0 (deterministic) to 1. Not available with reasoning_effort high. |
| top_p | number | 0.9 | 0 to 1 | Nucleus sampling probability mass. Lower = more focused. Not available with reasoning_effort high. |
| max_tokens | number | 60000 | 1 to 65535 | Maximum tokens in the response. Not available with reasoning_effort high. |
| stop | string | - | - | Up to 4 strings where the model will stop generating further tokens. |
| enable_thinking | boolean | true | - | Enable extended reasoning before the final answer. A request that forces a tool call runs without reasoning unless it sets enable_thinking. |
| reasoning_effort | enum | medium | low, medium, high | Reasoning depth: low, medium or high. Higher takes longer and uses more output tokens. high takes no max_tokens, temperature or top_p, and its response can be longer... |
| reasoning | string | - | - | Responses API reasoning object: {"effort":"low|medium|high"} |
| web_search_linkup | boolean | false | - | Optional web search powered by Linkup. When enabled, recent web sources are retrieved using your latest user message as the query and provided to the model as additional context. Adds $0.013 per call when invoked on top of the model's normal token cost. Disabled by default. |
| disable_formatting | boolean | false | - | Return the answer without the Sources list that web search adds. |
Reasoning traces are not returned. Video uploads up to ~1 GB.
On EmpirioLabs, Nova Lite 2 is billed pay as you go: Input $0.38 per 1M prompt tokens; Output $3.16 per 1M generated tokens; Cached input $0.2128 per 1M tokens; Web Search (Linkup) $0.013 per call when invoked. The live rate card on this page always matches what the API charges.
Nova Lite 2 supports a 1M-token context window with up to 131,072 output tokens per response.
Yes. Nova Lite 2 serves the OpenAI-compatible Chat Completions API, so existing OpenAI SDKs work by pointing base_url at https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1 and setting the model id to nova-lite-2.
Yes. The EmpirioLabs playground runs Nova Lite 2 in the browser with the same parameters the API exposes, so you can test prompts before writing code.
Create an EmpirioLabs account, then generate a key under API Keys in the dashboard. Billing is pay-as-you-go credits, so you only pay for the requests you make.
Check out our pricing or reach out if you want your own model deployed on our stack.
