Overview
Kanon 2 Embedder is a state-of-the-art legal embedding model optimized for semantic search, RAG, and document classification. It achieves the highest information retrieval performance on the Massive Legal Embedding Benchmark (MLEB) out of 20 other models, including OpenAI Text Embedding 3 Large, Gemini Embedding, Voyage 3 Large, Qwen 3 Embedding 8B, and Jina Embeddings v4 (https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.19365Â ). It also ranks first on case, legislation, and regulation retrieval and third on contract retrieval.
Kanon 2 Embedder is Matryoshka-aware, supporting truncation at 1,024, 768, 512, and 256 dimensions, with its default and maximum dimensionality being 1,792. Even at 256 dimensions, it manages to rank third on MLEB.
Kanon 2 Embedder has a context window of up to 16,384 tokens, allowing it to embed especially long legal documents.
On a g6.2xlarge instance, it can embed up to 62 million tokens (roughly 15k average-length legal documents) per hour.
Like all other Isaacus SageMaker model deployments, your Kanon 2 Embedder deployment will be fully air-gapped--no data will enter or leave your AWS account.
Conveniently, Isaacus SageMaker model deployments are also compatible with the standard Isaacus Python SDK via the Isaacus SageMaker Python integration (https://docs.isaacus.com/integrations/amazon-sagemaker ).
You can negotiate a discount to Kanon 2 Embedder by contacting us: https://isaacus.com/support .
Kanon 2 Embedder can also be purchased in a discounted bundle alongside Kanon Universal Classifier here: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-lquokmsovgpsm .
Highlights
- Ranked first on the Massive Legal Embedding Benchmark (MLEB) (https://huggingface.co/papers/2510.19365) at legal retrieval out of 20 other models, including OpenAI Text Embedding 3 Large, Gemini Embedding, Voyage 3 Large, Qwen 3 Embedding 8B, and Jina Embeddings v4.
- Supports Matryoshka truncation of embeddings down to 256 dimensions while still outperforming OpenAI Text Embedding 3 Large and Gemini Embedding on MLEB at full dimensionality.
- Capable of embedding texts up to 16,384 tokens in length, or roughly 46 pages of an average legal document, with throughput of up to 62 million tokens (~15k legal documents) per hour on a `g6.2xlarge` instance.
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Dimension | Description | Cost/host/hour |
|---|---|---|
ml.g6.2xlarge Inference (Batch) Recommended | Model inference on the ml.g6.2xlarge instance type, batch mode | $4.99 |
ml.g6.2xlarge Inference (Real-Time) Recommended | Model inference on the ml.g6.2xlarge instance type, real-time mode | $4.99 |
ml.g5.2xlarge Inference (Batch) | Model inference on the ml.g5.2xlarge instance type, batch mode | $4.99 |
ml.g5.4xlarge Inference (Batch) | Model inference on the ml.g5.4xlarge instance type, batch mode | $4.99 |
ml.g5.8xlarge Inference (Batch) | Model inference on the ml.g5.8xlarge instance type, batch mode | $4.99 |
ml.g5.16xlarge Inference (Batch) | Model inference on the ml.g5.16xlarge instance type, batch mode | $4.99 |
ml.g6.4xlarge Inference (Batch) | Model inference on the ml.g6.4xlarge instance type, batch mode | $4.99 |
ml.g6.8xlarge Inference (Batch) | Model inference on the ml.g6.8xlarge instance type, batch mode | $4.99 |
ml.g6.16xlarge Inference (Batch) | Model inference on the ml.g6.16xlarge instance type, batch mode | $4.99 |
ml.g5.2xlarge Inference (Real-Time) | Model inference on the ml.g5.2xlarge instance type, real-time mode | $4.99 |
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Initial release of Kanon 2 Embedder with version 0.1.2 of the Isaacus SageMaker Model Server, offering feature parity with version 0.7.0 (https://github.com/isaacus-dev/openapi/blob/8591b10de78a2b028df3f74fb5d6574d23bb62b2/openapi.yaml ) of the Isaacus API.
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For a user-friendly walkthrough of how to get started deploying Isaacus models on SageMaker, check out the Isaacus SageMaker quickstart guide on our docs.
This model runs on the fully air-gapped Isaacus SageMaker Model Server, which supports all the same functionality as the standard Isaacus API except that requests to the server must be proxied through the /invocations endpoint.
For example, if you wanted to send a POST request to /v1/embeddings with the data {"model": "kanon-2-embedder", "texts": ["This is a confidentiality clause."], "task": "retrieval/query"}, you could so by sending /invocations the payload {"path": "/v1/embeddings","data": {"model": "kanon-2-embedder", "texts": ["This is a confidentiality clause."], "task": "retrieval/query"}}.
This means that minimal code changes are necessary to switch between the online Isaacus API and your own private Isaacus model deployments.
In fact, Python users can use the Isaacus SageMaker Python integration to automatically forward requests to the Isaacus API to SageMaker deployments using the standard Isaacus SDK.
Given that this is a private deployment and that authentication is managed by AWS, Isaacus API keys are not needed and are ignored.
As an embedding model, Kanon 2 Embedder currently only supports the /v1/embeddings endpoint. For more information on the arguments accepted and returned by that endpoint, please consult our API reference documentation .
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- All the same limitations applicable to the Isaacus API except for the need for an API key.
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Input data descriptions
The following table describes supported input data fields for real-time inference and batch transform.
Field name | Description | Constraints | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
path | The path of the API endpoint being invoked (e.g., `/v1/embeddings`). | One of `v1/embeddings`, `/v1/rerankings`, `/v1/extractions/qa`, and `/v1/classifications/universal`. | Yes |
method | The HTTP method used for the invocation (e.g., `POST`). Defaults to `POST`. | One of `POST`. | No |
headers | The HTTP headers to include in the invocation request. Defaults to `null`/`None`, in which case no additional headers are sent. | Must be a mapping of strings to strings. | No |
data | The data to be sent as the body of the invocation request. This can be any serializable object. Defaults to `null`/`None`, in which case no body is sent. | - | No |
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