Linum releases an experimental image model with a training-cost breakdown

What the budget covers

The reported total is $21,038 for 8,415 H100-hours priced at $2.50 per hour, including pretraining and post-training. It is a compute accounting figure, not a full development budget or a price for reproducing the entire project.

Linum releases an experimental image model with a training-cost breakdown ↗

Important limits in the release

The model has a roughly 2B image generator and a separate 4B text encoder. It cannot reliably write text or make posters, and the authors show failures with bodies, crowds and multiple people. Its optional prompt expansion uses a paid external model; the model card documents a switch to disable it.

Linum releases an experimental image model with a training-cost breakdown ↗P-JiT 21K model card ↗

What you can do

1. Inspect the failure examples and model requirements before treating it as a production design tool. Open reference ↗

Where the evidence stops

Original report and model card read November 4. No weights downloaded, images generated or compute estimate independently audited. This image release does not establish a finished video-generation system.

Sources read. Primary sources checked November 4, 2026. No third-party software, model inference or complete workflow executed.

Sources & further reading