---
title: "Cu-Mai R1 70B API pricing"
canonical: https://uplinkswitch.ai/models/cu-mai-r1-70b
generated: 2026-10-22T19:05:34.356Z
source: https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/catalog
base_url: https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1
---

# Cu-Mai R1 70B API pricing

Cu-Mai R1 70B API at $1.7255/M input and $1.7255/M output tokens. 32,768-token context window. Works with the OpenAI SDK.

## Price per million tokens (USD)

| Tokens | Steelskull list price | UplinkSwitch | Under list |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Input | — | $1.7255 | — |
| Cached input | — | billed at the input rate | — |
| Output | — | $1.7255 | — |

## Model

- Model id: `cu-mai-r1-70b`
- Formats: OpenAI SDK
- Base URL: https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1
- Context window: 32,768 tokens
- Input: text
- Daily real-model check: No answer at the last check (https://uplinkswitch.ai/proof#cu-mai-r1-70b)

## Request

### Python · OpenAI SDK

```python
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1",
    api_key="sk-uplink-live-...",
)

completion = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="cu-mai-r1-70b",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Summarize this in one line."}],
)
print(completion.choices[0].message.content)
```

### TypeScript · OpenAI SDK

```typescript
import OpenAI from 'openai';

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: 'https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1',
  apiKey: 'sk-uplink-live-...',
});

const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: 'cu-mai-r1-70b',
  messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Summarize this in one line.' }],
});
console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);
```

### curl

```bash
curl https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "authorization: Bearer sk-uplink-live-..." \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"cu-mai-r1-70b","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'
```

## Questions

### What is Cu-Mai R1 70B?

Cu-Mai R1 70B is a model from Steelskull, with a 32,768-token context window, taking text input. Through UplinkSwitch it answers the OpenAI SDK on one key as cu-mai-r1-70b.

### How much does the Cu-Mai R1 70B API cost?

$1.7255 per million input tokens and $1.7255 per million output tokens.

### Is Cu-Mai R1 70B free?

It is pay as you go: prepaid credit from $10, with no subscription or monthly fee, billed per token. A 1,000-token prompt with a 500-token reply costs about $0.0026.

### What is the Cu-Mai R1 70B context window?

Cu-Mai R1 70B has a 32,768-token context window. It takes text input.

### What is the Cu-Mai R1 70B model id?

cu-mai-r1-70b. Send it as the model through the OpenAI SDK with base URL https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1.

### How do I get a Cu-Mai R1 70B API key?

Create one in the console at uplinkswitch.ai/console: prepaid credit from $10, no subscription, and the key is live at once. The same key calls Cu-Mai R1 70B and every other model in the catalog; send it as the bearer token with base URL https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1.

### Is there a Cu-Mai R1 70B API?

Yes: cu-mai-r1-70b on the OpenAI format at https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1, $1.7255 input and $1.7255 output per million tokens. No weights to download and no GPU of your own; the key also runs every other model in the catalog.

### What is Cu-Mai R1 70B based on?

A custom Hydroblated-R1 base (TheSkullery’s L3.1x3.3-DS-Hydroblated-R1-70B v4.1), merged with SCE with EVA LLaMA 3.33, Euryale v2.3, Cirrus x1, Hanami x1, Anubis v1 and Negative_LLAMA, per its card.

### What license does Cu-Mai R1 70B have?

The card lists the Llama 3.3 license (llama3.3).

### What does Cu-Mai R1 70B cost per 100 messages?

$0.4314 for 100 chat turns of 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each, at $1.7255 input and $1.7255 output per million tokens, from prepaid credit with no subscription.

### Cu-Mai R1 70B or Electra R1 70B?

Both are Steelskull’s SCE merges on a custom Hydroblated-R1 base: Cu-Mai is Version A of the San-Mai series (card created 2025-02-15); Electra R1 came later (2025-03-02), built on feedback from the models before it, Cu-Mai among them. Cu-Mai R1 70B is $1.7255 / $1.7255 per million tokens in / out, $4.31 for 1,000 chat turns; Electra R1 70B is $2.45 / $2.45 per million tokens in / out, $6.13 for 1,000 chat turns. Both run on the same key, so send the same prompt to each.

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