diff --git a/litellm/__init__.py b/litellm/__init__.py
index 57ba28b998..be21654bda 100644
--- a/litellm/__init__.py
+++ b/litellm/__init__.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ vertex_project: Optional[str] = None
 vertex_location: Optional[str] = None
 togetherai_api_key: Optional[str] = None
 baseten_key: Optional[str] = None
+aleph_alpha_key: Optional[str] = None
 use_client = False
 logging = True
 caching = False # deprecated son
@@ -225,6 +226,15 @@ together_ai_models = [
     "togethercomputer/llama-2-7b",
 ]
 
+aleph_alpha_models = [
+    "luminous-base",
+    "luminous-base-control",
+    "luminous-extended",
+    "luminous-extended-control",
+    "luminous-supreme",
+    "luminous-supreme-control"
+]
+
 baseten_models = ["qvv0xeq", "q841o8w", "31dxrj3"]  # FALCON 7B  # WizardLM  # Mosaic ML
 
 model_list = (
@@ -240,6 +250,7 @@ model_list = (
     + ai21_models
     + together_ai_models
     + baseten_models
+    + aleph_alpha_models
 )
 
 provider_list = [
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diff --git a/litellm/llms/aleph_alpha.py b/litellm/llms/aleph_alpha.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c513cb105a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm/llms/aleph_alpha.py
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+import os, json
+from enum import Enum
+import requests
+import time
+from typing import Callable
+from litellm.utils import ModelResponse
+
+class AlephAlphaError(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, status_code, message):
+        self.status_code = status_code
+        self.message = message
+        super().__init__(
+            self.message
+        )  # Call the base class constructor with the parameters it needs
+
+
+class AlephAlphaLLM:
+    def __init__(
+        self, encoding, default_max_tokens_to_sample, logging_obj, api_key=None
+    ):
+        self.encoding = encoding
+        self.default_max_tokens_to_sample = default_max_tokens_to_sample
+        self.completion_url = "https://api.aleph-alpha.com/complete"
+        self.api_key = api_key
+        self.logging_obj = logging_obj
+        self.validate_environment(api_key=api_key)
+
+    def validate_environment(
+        self, api_key
+    ):  # set up the environment required to run the model
+        # set the api key
+        if self.api_key == None:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Missing Aleph Alpha API Key - A call is being made to Aleph Alpha but no key is set either in the environment variables or via params"
+            )
+        self.api_key = api_key
+        self.headers = {
+            "accept": "application/json",
+            "content-type": "application/json",
+            "Authorization": "Bearer " + self.api_key,
+        }
+
+    def completion(
+        self,
+        model: str,
+        messages: list,
+        model_response: ModelResponse,
+        print_verbose: Callable,
+        optional_params=None,
+        litellm_params=None,
+        logger_fn=None,
+    ):  # logic for parsing in - calling - parsing out model completion calls
+        model = model
+        prompt = ""
+        if "control" in model: # follow the ###Instruction / ###Response format
+            for idx, message in enumerate(messages):
+                if "role" in message:
+                    if idx == 0: # set first message as instruction (required), let later user messages be input 
+                        prompt += f"###Instruction: {message['content']}"
+                    else:
+                        if message["role"] == "system":
+                            prompt += (
+                                f"###Instruction: {message['content']}"
+                            )
+                        elif message["role"] == "user":
+                            prompt += (
+                                f"###Input: {message['content']}"
+                            )
+                        else:
+                            prompt += (
+                                f"###Response: {message['content']}"
+                            )
+                else:
+                    prompt += f"{message['content']}"
+        else:
+            prompt = " ".join(message["content"] for message in messages)
+        data = {
+            "model": model,
+            "prompt": prompt,
+            "maximum_tokens": optional_params["maximum_tokens"] if  "maximum_tokens" in optional_params else self.default_max_tokens_to_sample, # required input
+            **optional_params,
+        }
+
+        ## LOGGING
+        self.logging_obj.pre_call(
+            input=prompt,
+            api_key=self.api_key,
+            additional_args={"complete_input_dict": data},
+        )
+        ## COMPLETION CALL
+        response = requests.post(
+            self.completion_url, headers=self.headers, data=json.dumps(data), stream=optional_params["stream"] if "stream" in optional_params else False
+        )
+        if "stream" in optional_params and optional_params["stream"] == True:
+            return response.iter_lines()
+        else:
+            ## LOGGING
+            self.logging_obj.post_call(
+                input=prompt,
+                api_key=self.api_key,
+                original_response=response.text,
+                additional_args={"complete_input_dict": data},
+            )
+            print_verbose(f"raw model_response: {response.text}")
+            ## RESPONSE OBJECT
+            completion_response = response.json()
+            if "error" in completion_response:
+                raise AlephAlphaError(
+                    message=completion_response["error"],
+                    status_code=response.status_code,
+                )
+            else:
+                try:
+                    model_response["choices"][0]["message"]["content"] = completion_response["completions"][0]["completion"]
+                except:
+                    raise AlephAlphaError(message=json.dumps(completion_response), status_code=response.status_code)
+
+            ## CALCULATING USAGE - baseten charges on time, not tokens - have some mapping of cost here. 
+            prompt_tokens = len(
+                self.encoding.encode(prompt)
+            ) 
+            completion_tokens = len(
+                self.encoding.encode(model_response["choices"][0]["message"]["content"])
+            )
+
+            model_response["created"] = time.time()
+            model_response["model"] = model
+            model_response["usage"] = {
+                "prompt_tokens": prompt_tokens,
+                "completion_tokens": completion_tokens,
+                "total_tokens": prompt_tokens + completion_tokens,
+            }
+            return model_response
+
+    def embedding(
+        self,
+    ):  # logic for parsing in - calling - parsing out model embedding calls
+        pass
diff --git a/litellm/main.py b/litellm/main.py
index c6c03729b0..1731ed548a 100644
--- a/litellm/main.py
+++ b/litellm/main.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from .llms.huggingface_restapi import HuggingfaceRestAPILLM
 from .llms.baseten import BasetenLLM
 from .llms.ai21 import AI21LLM
 from .llms.together_ai import TogetherAILLM
+from .llms.aleph_alpha import AlephAlphaLLM
 import tiktoken
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 
@@ -428,6 +429,33 @@ def completion(
                 litellm_params=litellm_params,
                 logger_fn=logger_fn,
             )
+            if "stream" in optional_params and optional_params["stream"] == True:
+                # don't try to access stream object,
+                response = CustomStreamWrapper(model_response, model, logging_obj=logging)
+                return response
+            response = model_response
+        elif model in litellm.aleph_alpha_models:
+            aleph_alpha_key = (
+                api_key or litellm.aleph_alpha_key or os.environ.get("ALEPH_ALPHA_API_KEY")
+            )
+
+            aleph_alpha_client = AlephAlphaLLM(
+                encoding=encoding,
+                default_max_tokens_to_sample=litellm.max_tokens,
+                api_key=aleph_alpha_key,
+                logging_obj=logging # model call logging done inside the class as we make need to modify I/O to fit aleph alpha's requirements
+            )
+
+            model_response = aleph_alpha_client.completion(
+                model=model,
+                messages=messages,
+                model_response=model_response,
+                print_verbose=print_verbose,
+                optional_params=optional_params,
+                litellm_params=litellm_params,
+                logger_fn=logger_fn,
+            )
+
             if "stream" in optional_params and optional_params["stream"] == True:
                 # don't try to access stream object,
                 response = CustomStreamWrapper(model_response, model, logging_obj=logging)
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_completion.py b/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
index 7fd5b34f62..3b8bdc8834 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
@@ -54,6 +54,27 @@ def test_completion_claude():
     except Exception as e:
         pytest.fail(f"Error occurred: {e}")
 
+# def test_completion_aleph_alpha():
+#     try:
+#         response = completion(
+#             model="luminous-base", messages=messages, logger_fn=logger_fn
+#         )
+#         # Add any assertions here to check the response
+#         print(response)
+#     except Exception as e:
+#         pytest.fail(f"Error occurred: {e}")
+
+
+# def test_completion_aleph_alpha_control_models():
+#     try:
+#         response = completion(
+#             model="luminous-base-control", messages=messages, logger_fn=logger_fn
+#         )
+#         # Add any assertions here to check the response
+#         print(response)
+#     except Exception as e:
+#         pytest.fail(f"Error occurred: {e}")
+
 def test_completion_with_litellm_call_id():
     try:
         litellm.use_client = False
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_streaming.py b/litellm/tests/test_streaming.py
index 047fc45537..90828d20cb 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_streaming.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_streaming.py
@@ -45,59 +45,62 @@ messages = [{"content": user_message, "role": "user"}]
 #     pass
 
 # test on openai completion call
-try:
-    response = completion(
-        model="text-davinci-003", messages=messages, stream=True, logger_fn=logger_fn
-    )
-    complete_response = ""
-    start_time = time.time()
-    for chunk in response:
-        chunk_time = time.time()
-        print(f"chunk: {chunk}")
-        complete_response += chunk["choices"][0]["delta"]["content"]
-    if complete_response == "": 
-        raise Exception("Empty response received")
-except:
-    print(f"error occurred: {traceback.format_exc()}")
-    pass
+def test_openai_text_completion_call():
+    try:
+        response = completion(
+            model="text-davinci-003", messages=messages, stream=True, logger_fn=logger_fn
+        )
+        complete_response = ""
+        start_time = time.time()
+        for chunk in response:
+            chunk_time = time.time()
+            print(f"chunk: {chunk}")
+            complete_response += chunk["choices"][0]["delta"]["content"]
+        if complete_response == "": 
+            raise Exception("Empty response received")
+    except:
+        print(f"error occurred: {traceback.format_exc()}")
+        pass
 
 # # test on ai21 completion call
-try:
-    response = completion(
-        model="j2-ultra", messages=messages, stream=True, logger_fn=logger_fn
-    )
-    print(f"response: {response}")
-    complete_response = ""
-    start_time = time.time()
-    for chunk in response:
-        chunk_time = time.time()
-        print(f"time since initial request: {chunk_time - start_time:.5f}")
-        print(chunk["choices"][0]["delta"])
-        complete_response += chunk["choices"][0]["delta"]["content"]
-    if complete_response == "": 
-        raise Exception("Empty response received")
-except:
-    print(f"error occurred: {traceback.format_exc()}")
-    pass
+def ai21_completion_call():
+    try:
+        response = completion(
+            model="j2-ultra", messages=messages, stream=True, logger_fn=logger_fn
+        )
+        print(f"response: {response}")
+        complete_response = ""
+        start_time = time.time()
+        for chunk in response:
+            chunk_time = time.time()
+            print(f"time since initial request: {chunk_time - start_time:.5f}")
+            print(chunk["choices"][0]["delta"])
+            complete_response += chunk["choices"][0]["delta"]["content"]
+        if complete_response == "": 
+            raise Exception("Empty response received")
+    except:
+        print(f"error occurred: {traceback.format_exc()}")
+        pass
 
 
 # test on openai completion call
-try:
-    response = completion(
-        model="gpt-3.5-turbo", messages=messages, stream=True, logger_fn=logger_fn
-    )
-    complete_response = ""
-    start_time = time.time()
-    for chunk in response:
-        chunk_time = time.time() 
-        print(f"time since initial request: {chunk_time - start_time:.5f}")
-        print(chunk["choices"][0]["delta"])
-        complete_response += chunk["choices"][0]["delta"]["content"]
-    if complete_response == "": 
-        raise Exception("Empty response received")
-except:
-    print(f"error occurred: {traceback.format_exc()}")
-    pass
+def test_openai_chat_completion_call():
+    try:
+        response = completion(
+            model="gpt-3.5-turbo", messages=messages, stream=True, logger_fn=logger_fn
+        )
+        complete_response = ""
+        start_time = time.time()
+        for chunk in response:
+            chunk_time = time.time() 
+            print(f"time since initial request: {chunk_time - start_time:.5f}")
+            print(chunk["choices"][0]["delta"])
+            complete_response += chunk["choices"][0]["delta"]["content"]
+        if complete_response == "": 
+            raise Exception("Empty response received")
+    except:
+        print(f"error occurred: {traceback.format_exc()}")
+        pass
 
 
 # # test on azure completion call
@@ -138,50 +141,79 @@ except:
 #     pass
 
 # test on together ai completion call - replit-code-3b
-try:
-    start_time = time.time()
-    response = completion(
-        model="Replit-Code-3B", messages=messages, logger_fn=logger_fn, stream=True
-    )
-    complete_response = ""
-    print(f"returned response object: {response}")
-    for chunk in response:
-        chunk_time = time.time()
-        print(f"time since initial request: {chunk_time - start_time:.2f}")
-        print(chunk["choices"][0]["delta"])
-        complete_response += (
-            chunk["choices"][0]["delta"]["content"]
-            if len(chunk["choices"][0]["delta"].keys()) > 0
-            else ""
+def test_together_ai_completion_call_replit():
+    try:
+        start_time = time.time()
+        response = completion(
+            model="Replit-Code-3B", messages=messages, logger_fn=logger_fn, stream=True
         )
-    if complete_response == "":
-        raise Exception("Empty response received")
-except:
-    print(f"error occurred: {traceback.format_exc()}")
-    pass
+        complete_response = ""
+        print(f"returned response object: {response}")
+        for chunk in response:
+            chunk_time = time.time()
+            print(f"time since initial request: {chunk_time - start_time:.2f}")
+            print(chunk["choices"][0]["delta"])
+            complete_response += (
+                chunk["choices"][0]["delta"]["content"]
+                if len(chunk["choices"][0]["delta"].keys()) > 0
+                else ""
+            )
+        if complete_response == "":
+            raise Exception("Empty response received")
+    except:
+        print(f"error occurred: {traceback.format_exc()}")
+        pass
 
 # # test on together ai completion call - starcoder
-try:
-    start_time = time.time()
-    response = completion(
-        model="together_ai/bigcode/starcoder",
-        messages=messages,
-        logger_fn=logger_fn,
-        stream=True,
-    )
-    complete_response = ""
-    print(f"returned response object: {response}")
-    for chunk in response:
-        chunk_time = time.time()
-        complete_response += (
-            chunk["choices"][0]["delta"]["content"]
-            if len(chunk["choices"][0]["delta"].keys()) > 0
-            else ""
+def test_together_ai_completion_call_starcoder():
+    try:
+        start_time = time.time()
+        response = completion(
+            model="together_ai/bigcode/starcoder",
+            messages=messages,
+            logger_fn=logger_fn,
+            stream=True,
         )
-        if len(complete_response) > 0:
-            print(complete_response)
-    if complete_response == "":
-        raise Exception("Empty response received")
-except:
-    print(f"error occurred: {traceback.format_exc()}")
-    pass
+        complete_response = ""
+        print(f"returned response object: {response}")
+        for chunk in response:
+            chunk_time = time.time()
+            complete_response += (
+                chunk["choices"][0]["delta"]["content"]
+                if len(chunk["choices"][0]["delta"].keys()) > 0
+                else ""
+            )
+            if len(complete_response) > 0:
+                print(complete_response)
+        if complete_response == "":
+            raise Exception("Empty response received")
+    except:
+        print(f"error occurred: {traceback.format_exc()}")
+        pass
+
+# test on aleph alpha completion call
+# def test_aleph_alpha_call():
+#     try:
+#         start_time = time.time()
+#         response = completion(
+#             model="luminous-base",
+#             messages=messages,
+#             logger_fn=logger_fn,
+#             stream=True,
+#         )
+#         complete_response = ""
+#         print(f"returned response object: {response}")
+#         for chunk in response:
+#             chunk_time = time.time()
+#             complete_response += (
+#                 chunk["choices"][0]["delta"]["content"]
+#                 if len(chunk["choices"][0]["delta"].keys()) > 0
+#                 else ""
+#             )
+#             if len(complete_response) > 0:
+#                 print(complete_response)
+#         if complete_response == "":
+#             raise Exception("Empty response received")
+#     except:
+#         print(f"error occurred: {traceback.format_exc()}")
+#         pass
diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index d10a742fdf..7c3eab50ca 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -780,6 +780,25 @@ def get_optional_params(  # use the openai defaults
         if presence_penalty != 0:
             optional_params["repetition_penalty"] = presence_penalty
         optional_params["details"] = True
+    elif model in litellm.aleph_alpha_models:
+        if max_tokens != float("inf"):
+            optional_params["maximum_tokens"] = max_tokens
+        if stream:
+            optional_params["stream"] = stream
+        if temperature != 1:
+            optional_params["temperature"] = temperature
+        if top_k != 40:
+            optional_params["top_k"] = top_k
+        if top_p != 1:
+            optional_params["top_p"] = top_p
+        if presence_penalty != 0:
+            optional_params["presence_penalty"] = presence_penalty
+        if frequency_penalty != 0:
+            optional_params["frequency_penalty"] = frequency_penalty
+        if n != 1:
+            optional_params["n"] = n
+        if stop != None:
+            optional_params["stop_sequences"] = stop
     else:  # assume passing in params for openai/azure openai
         if functions != []:
             optional_params["functions"] = functions
@@ -1766,6 +1785,14 @@ class CustomStreamWrapper:
         except:
             raise ValueError(f"Unable to parse response. Original response: {chunk}")
     
+    def handle_aleph_alpha_chunk(self, chunk):
+        chunk = chunk.decode("utf-8")
+        data_json = json.loads(chunk)
+        try:
+            return data_json["completions"][0]["completion"]
+        except:
+            raise ValueError(f"Unable to parse response. Original response: {chunk}")
+    
     def handle_openai_text_completion_chunk(self, chunk):
         try:
             return chunk["choices"][0]["text"]
@@ -1832,6 +1859,9 @@ class CustomStreamWrapper:
             elif self.custom_llm_provider and self.custom_llm_provider == "ai21": #ai21 doesn't provide streaming
                 chunk = next(self.completion_stream)
                 completion_obj["content"] = self.handle_ai21_chunk(chunk)
+            elif self.model in litellm.aleph_alpha_models: #ai21 doesn't provide streaming
+                chunk = next(self.completion_stream)
+                completion_obj["content"] = self.handle_aleph_alpha_chunk(chunk)
             elif self.model in litellm.open_ai_text_completion_models:
                 chunk = next(self.completion_stream)
                 completion_obj["content"] = self.handle_openai_text_completion_chunk(chunk)