Introducing
Wave-1
Wave AI's first model. Quick on its feet, sharp on knowledge and math, with a safety record most assistants can't match.
The model
One small model, three jobs.
Wave-1 is built to be useful without the theatrics. No hedging walls, no engagement tricks, no confident nonsense.
Helpful
Plain answers in plain language. It writes, codes, explains, and works through problems, then gets out of the way.
Honest
When it's not sure, it says so instead of dressing up a guess.
Safe
Every request passes Wave Guard, our safety layer, before the model answers. Safety is not an afterthought.
Benchmarks
Small model. Big results.
Put Wave-1 next to today's best open models its size and it comes out ahead on all three.
Safety comes before the scoreboard.
We put safety first, so we are not racing to the top of every leaderboard. If that leaves Wave-1 a step behind the frontier on raw capability, that is the trade we chose on purpose. We would rather ship a small model we trust than a bigger one we do not.
Safety benchmark
Where Wave-1 crushes it.
A model is only as good as it is safe. We red-teamed Wave-1 with the jailbreak techniques that break most assistants. It held every line.
Meet Wave Guard.
Every message passes a safety screen before Wave-1 answers. It reads hidden and encoded payloads, treats user text as data rather than commands, and refuses harm no matter how the request is dressed up.
In our latest red-team, it blocked every jailbreak we tried across a dozen techniques, and turned none of your ordinary questions away.
New
Wave-1 can now think before it answers.
Pick how much reasoning a question deserves. Whatever the level, the reasoning streams open for you to read, and Wave Guard screens every message the same way.
Flash
The Wave-1 you know. Answers right away, best for everyday questions and quick drafts.
Thinking
Wave-1 reasons through the problem first, then answers. Stronger on math, code, and anything with steps.
Ultra
The deepest level. Wave-1 takes its time, checks its own work, and gives the hardest questions the care they deserve.
In the chat
More than a text box.
Wave-1 ships inside a full chat app. Search the web, think through hard problems, keep notes it remembers, write code, switch languages, pick up where you left off.
Web search
Turn on Search and Wave-1 looks things up before it answers, with sources you can check under the reply.
Memory
Say "remember that I like short answers" and it will. Your notes stay in your browser and shape every chat.
Real code
Syntax-highlighted code blocks with copy, download, and live preview for web code. Attach files and ask about them.
English and Arabic
Chat in either language. The app itself speaks both, right to left included.
Your history, your device
Conversations live in your browser. Come back tomorrow and they are still there, still yours.
Free to use
No account, no card. Fair-use limits keep it fast for everyone.
Get started
Thirty seconds, start to first answer.
Open the chat
One click. No signup, no install, no card. It works on your phone too.
Ask for what you need
Writing, code, math, explanations. Turn on Search when you need current facts.
Make it yours
Add memory notes, switch between English and Arabic, and your chats will be waiting next time.
The other list
Just as important: what it won't do.
Questions