Agnes Video 2.5 Launches Free Tier, Pro Version Priced at $1.50/Minute
Agnes Video 2.5's free Flash tier goes live capped at 720p, 4-to-12-second clips and 3 requests a minute, while the paid Pro version prices the API at $1.50 per minute of video.
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17 verified stories covering AI video, product updates and industry developments.
Alibaba's Wan3.0 Debuts With 30-Second AI Video Generation
Alibaba's Wan3.0 video model went into open beta on August 24, extending single-clip length to 30 seconds and adding document-to-video input, with pricing that puts commercial output within reach.
PixPix Adds FLUX Upscale for One-Pass 4K Product Video
PixPix has integrated Black Forest Labs' FLUX Upscale, letting sellers generate 4K product videos in a single pass instead of two separate paid steps.
FLUX Upscale Regenerates Video to Native 4K in Four Steps
Black Forest Labs' FLUX Upscale regenerates video to native 4K in four steps, but per-pixel pricing makes a 10-second clip cost six to eight dollars to sharpen.
Seedance 2.5 Adds 30-Second Control
ByteDance's Seedance 2.5 is live with 30-second generation, up to 50 multimodal references and timestamp-level editing.
PixVerse extends Series C funding while pushing AI video toward interactive games
PixVerse extends Series C funding while pushing AI video toward interactive games. The piece reviews the verified facts and why the signal matters beyond one announcement.
ByteDance Seedance enters Hollywood at $9 a minute
ByteDance Seedance enters Hollywood at $9 a minute is reframed for global technology readers, preserving the key numbers, claims and open questions.
Kling raises nearly $2.8B at an $18B valuation
Kling raises nearly $2.8B at an $18B valuation is reframed for global technology readers, preserving the key numbers, claims and open questions.
Higgsfield pushes AI ad video toward a $5B valuation
Higgsfield pushes AI ad video toward a $5B valuation
Microsoft Mirage gives video models spatial memory
Mirage stores latent scene features instead of rendered point clouds, making video world-model generation faster and lighter while improving consistency.
Runway moves European HQ to London, plans $200M UK investment by 2028
AI video startup Runway, backed by Nvidia, announced it will establish its European headquarters in London and invest over $200 million in the UK's AI ecosystem by the end of 2028.
YouTube starts automatically labeling realistic AI videos
YouTube starts automatically labeling realistic AI videos. The story explains the announcement, the strategic context and the practical risks for the people or companies affected.
Real-Time World Model Startup Raises $59M, Near-Zero Frame Latency
Reactor, a stealth startup founded by ex-Apple engineers, has raised $59 million in Series A funding to build a real-time world model platform that generates interactive video with near-zero latency.
Google I/O 2026 kicks off tomorrow, Gemini Omni leaks ahead of time
Google's I/O 2026 keynote begins May 19, with leaked details on Gemini Omni, Gemini 3.5, Spark, and Android XR glasses.
Runway bets on world models, $5.3B valuation takes on Google
Runway, once known as an AI video startup, is now valued at $5.3 billion and pivoting to world models that understand physics from video data.
Vidu Claw pushes AI video ads toward outcome pricing
ShengShu Technology’s Vidu Claw packages planning, scripting, storyboards and video generation into an AI CMO workflow built on OpenClaw.
Sora exits, Runway and Kling split the AI video market
OpenAI shut down Sora in March 2026 after it failed to gain traction, leaving a gap that at least four competitors are now fighting over. Runway Gen-4 leads in professional quality, while Kling 2.0 offers lower cost and faster generation, and new pricing models shift from subscriptions to per-second billing.