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Introducing WaveSpeedAI Scail on WaveSpeedAI

SCAIL enables high-fidelity character animation using reference images. It handles large motion variations, stylized characters, and multi-character interactions without explicit per-frame structural guidance. Ready-to-use REST inference API, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-12-23 5 min read

Introducing WaveSpeedAI Qwen Image Layered on WaveSpeedAI

Qwen-Image Layered is a unified image-layer decomposition model for prompt-guided compositing. Provide points, boxes, or rough masks to isolate subjects and regions, and the model splits a single image into multiple RGBA layers with clean alpha, soft edges, and correct occlusion order. Ready-to-use

2025-12-22 5 min read

Introducing WaveSpeedAI FLUX 2 Flex Edit on WaveSpeedAI

FLUX.2 [flex] Edit delivers precise image-to-image editing from Black Forest Labs—apply natural-language instructions and exact hex color control for consistent, studio-quality results. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-12-19 5 min read

Introducing WaveSpeedAI FLUX 2 Flex Text-to-Image on WaveSpeedAI

FLUX.2 [flex] from Black Forest Labs delivers fast, flexible text-to-image generation with enhanced realism, sharper text rendering, and built-in editing for rapid iteration: a ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no cold starts, and affordable pricing.

2025-12-18 5 min read

Introducing Midjourney Text-to-Image on WaveSpeedAI

Create high-quality, artistic images from text prompts using Midjourney's renowned creative interpretation. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-12-17 5 min read

Introducing PixVerse V5.5 Image-to-Video on WaveSpeedAI

PixVerse V5.5 Image-to-Video turns a single image into cinematic clips with smooth motion, clean detail, and strong subject fidelity—ideal for logo stingers, character motion, and social posts. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no cold starts, affordable pricing.

2025-12-07 5 min read

Introducing ByteDance Seedream V4.5 Edit Sequential on WaveSpeedAI

Seedream 4.5 Edit Sequential performs multi-image editing while locking character and object identity across shots. It detects main subjects, preserves continuity, and applies controlled edits with up to 4K output. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no cold starts, affordable pricing

2025-12-06 5 min read

Introducing WaveSpeedAI Infinite You on WaveSpeedAI

InfiniteYou AI Face Swap - High-quality face swapping powered by ByteDance's zero-shot identity preservation technology. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no cold starts, affordable pricing.

2025-12-05 5 min read

Introducing MiniMax Hailuo 2.3 I2V Standard on WaveSpeedAI

MiniMax Hailuo 2.3 Standard is an image-to-video model producing physics-aware 768p output with a 2.5x efficiency improvement. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-11-29 5 min read

Introducing WaveSpeedAI WAN 2.1 Multitalk on WaveSpeedAI

MultiTalk (WAN 2.1) is an audio-driven AI that turns a single image and audio into talking or singing conversational videos. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-11-24 5 min read

Introducing WaveSpeedAI Video Outpainter on WaveSpeedAI

WaveSpeedAI Video Outpainter expands any video beyond its original boundaries while preserving motion, identity, and scene coherence. Perfect for aspect-ratio changes, reframing, adding safe margins, or generating new visual context without cropping or losing content.

2025-11-19 5 min read

Introducing WaveSpeedAI Qwen Image Edit Plus on WaveSpeedAI

Qwen-Image-Edit-Plus (2509) is a 20B MMDiT image editor with multi-image editing, single-image consistency and native ControlNet support. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-11-15 5 min read

Introducing WaveSpeedAI InstaGirl on WaveSpeedAI

Instagirl creates hyper-realistic social-media influencer images nearly indistinguishable from real photos for social content. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-11-13 5 min read

Introducing Video Effects Old Photo Revival on WaveSpeedAI

PixVerse v4.5 Image To Video turns text prompts into videos with multiple resolutions and motion modes, ideal for old-photo revival. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-10-26 5 min read

Introducing Video Effects Smooth Shift on WaveSpeedAI

Smooth Shift converts photos into dynamic image-to-video clips with natural motion and emotive seamless transitions for polished results. Ready-to-use REST inference API best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-10-26 5 min read

Introducing WaveSpeedAI Ace Step on WaveSpeedAI

ACE-Step generates up to 4-minute music with lyrics from text and high acoustic fidelity; supports voice cloning, lyric edits, and remixing. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-10-25 5 min read

Introducing Bria Generate Background on WaveSpeedAI

Swap image backgrounds using text or reference images; realistic results. Trained on licensed data for risk-free commercial use. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-10-21 5 min read

Introducing WaveSpeedAI FLUX Kontext Dev Multi Ultra Fast on WaveSpeedAI

Experimental FLUX.1 Kontext [dev] - Multi-Ultra-Fast endpoint with native multi-image handling for batch and multi-view inputs. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-10-19 5 min read

Introducing Video Effects Sexy Me on WaveSpeedAI

Sexy Me converts photos into AI image-to-video physique transformation clips that preserve natural motion and emotional expression. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-10-11 5 min read

Introducing Image Effects Advanced Photography on WaveSpeedAI

Advanced-Photography recreates DSLR-quality images with dynamic range correction, color grading, and detail refinement. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-10-07 5 min read

Introducing WaveSpeedAI Image Face Swap Pro on WaveSpeedAI

Instant online AI face swap for photos with no watermark, delivering realistic, shareable results in seconds. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-10-07 5 min read

Introducing WaveSpeedAI Image Head Swap on WaveSpeedAI

Instant online AI head & face swap for photos with no watermark, delivering realistic, shareable results in seconds. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-10-06 5 min read

Introducing WaveSpeedAI Video Head Swap on WaveSpeedAI

Instant online AI head & face swap for videos with no watermark, delivering realistic, shareable results in seconds. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-10-06 5 min read

Introducing Video Effects French Kiss on WaveSpeedAI

Turn photos into animated French-kissing video clips with this Image-to-Video effect that brings portraits to life with dynamic motion. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable rates.

2025-10-03 5 min read

Introducing WaveSpeedAI Instant Character on WaveSpeedAI

Instant Character transforms an uploaded character image and a text prompt into styled, action- and mood-driven character renders. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-10-01 5 min read

Introducing Image Effects Plastic Bubble Figure on WaveSpeedAI

Plastic-Bubble-Figure turns images into glossy, translucent bubble-like figures with smooth reflections and a 3D look. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-09-30 5 min read

Introducing Image Effects Felt 3d Polaroid on WaveSpeedAI

Felt-3D-Polaroid turns photos into 3D Polaroid-style images with a soft felt texture and tactile depth. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-09-29 5 min read

Introducing Recraft AI Recraft Crisp Upscale on WaveSpeedAI

Recraft Crisp Upscale enhances textures, fine details, and facial features to add depth beyond simple resolution boosts. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-09-25 5 min read

Introducing Video Effects Kissing Pro on WaveSpeedAI

Convert two-person photos into natural, synchronized kissing videos with lifelike motion using Photo-To-Video AI. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-09-25 5 min read

Introducing WaveSpeedAI Framepack on WaveSpeedAI

Framepack is an efficient autoregressive Image-to-Video model that generates smooth, temporally consistent videos from a single image. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-09-25 5 min read

Introducing Video Effects Shake Dance on WaveSpeedAI

Shake-Dance is an Image-to-Video model that turns a photo into an expressive AI-generated dance video with natural motion and emotion. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-09-24 5 min read

Introducing Image Effects Micro Landscape Mini World on WaveSpeedAI

Micro-Landscape-Mini-World turns photos into vivid miniature landscape scenes with enhanced depth and color for tiny-world illusions. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-09-22 5 min read

Introducing Hyper3d Rodin V2 Image To 3d on WaveSpeedAI

Hyper3D Rodin v2 turns a single image into production-ready 3D assets with clean topology, UVs and textures. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-09-21 5 min read

Introducing WaveSpeedAI FLUX Controlnet Union Pro 2.0 on WaveSpeedAI

Flux ControlNet Union Pro 2.0 enables simultaneous Canny, Depth, Soft Edge, Pose, and Grayscale conditioning for precise image control. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-09-20 5 min read

Introducing Image Effects American Comic Style on WaveSpeedAI

Convert images into bold American comic-style art with strong outlines, vivid colors, and halftone shading for striking pop-art visuals. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-09-16 5 min read

Introducing Recraft AI Recraft 20b on WaveSpeedAI

Recraft AI 20b delivers affordable, fast image generation. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-09-11 5 min read

Introducing ByteDance Avatar Omni Human on WaveSpeedAI

Bytedance OmniHuman turns a single portrait photo into avatar video with lifelike motion and expressions ($0.12/sec). Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-09-09 5 min read

Introducing Image Effects Felt Keychain on WaveSpeedAI

Felt-Keychain is an image-effect model that converts photos into soft, felt-textured visuals resembling handcrafted keychain charms. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-09-06 5 min read

Introducing Image Effects Blurry Selfie Luffy on WaveSpeedAI

Blurry-Selfie-Luffy adds a soft, nostalgic blur and stylized anime look inspired by Luffy to turn selfies into dreamy portraits. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-09-04 5 min read

Introducing Image Effects Exotic Charm on WaveSpeedAI

Exotic-Charm transforms photos with warm tones and intricate cultural patterns, creating a mystic, vibrant aesthetic. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-09-03 5 min read

Introducing Video Effects Blueprint Supreme on WaveSpeedAI

Blueprint Supreme turns photos into striking blueprint-style videos with optional background music for a technical, schematic look. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-08-31 5 min read

Introducing Video Effects Love Drop on WaveSpeedAI

Love Drop creates romantic videos with dynamic character interactions and hug-and-kiss effects for emotive storytelling. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-08-31 5 min read

Introducing Midjourney Image-to-Video on WaveSpeedAI

Midjourney Image-to-Video turns a single image into an artistically rich, high-quality video using Midjourney's creative AI. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-08-29 5 min read

Introducing Video Effects Couple Arrival on WaveSpeedAI

Generate short, emotional AI videos of a partner arriving and sharing a hug from behind scene, ideal for social clips and storytelling. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-08-29 5 min read

Introducing Video Effects Ghibli on WaveSpeedAI

Turn photos into Ghibli-style animated videos with dreamy colors, smooth transitions and a hand-painted, storybook look. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-08-29 5 min read

Introducing Video Effects Subject 3 on WaveSpeedAI

Subject-3 Dance Video Effect converts photos into image-to-video dance clips with natural motion and background music. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-08-28 5 min read

Introducing Video Effects Zoom Out on WaveSpeedAI

Transform close-up images into cinematic image-to-video zoom-outs with smooth camera movement and expanded depth. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-08-28 5 min read

Introducing Image Effects Acrylic Ornaments on WaveSpeedAI

Transforms photos into vibrant, stylized acrylic artwork with decorative ornamentation accents for artistic and visual enhancement. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-08-27 5 min read

Introducing Image Effects Lying In Fluffy Belly on WaveSpeedAI

Lying-in-Fluffy-Belly is an image-effect that adds soft, plush textures and gentle, dreamy lighting to photos for a cozy whimsical look. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-08-26 5 min read

Introducing Runway Gen4 Image on WaveSpeedAI

RunwayML Gen4 Image model lets you generate precise images using up to 3 reference images to capture every angle and detail. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-08-24 5 min read

Introducing Video Effects Sweet Proposal on WaveSpeedAI

Turn couple photos into a heartfelt image-to-video proposal with romantic gestures and emotional reactions using Sweet Proposal effect. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-08-19 5 min read

Introducing Vidu Start End To Video Q2 Turbo on WaveSpeedAI

Vidu Q2 Turbo Start-End to Video creates smooth Image-to-Video transitions between start and end images with fast high-quality results. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-08-17 5 min read

Introducing ElevenLabs Eleven V3 on WaveSpeedAI

ElevenLabs eleven-v3 is a text-to-speech model available as a hosted endpoint; requests cost $0.1 per 1000 characters. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-08-11 5 min read

Introducing Google Gemini 3 Flash Image Edit on WaveSpeedAI

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2025-08-09 5 min read

Introducing Google Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Edit on WaveSpeedAI

Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) offers image-to-image generation and precise editing with deep reasoning for improved accuracy. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-08-08 5 min read

Introducing Scenario Marketing Walk Forward on WaveSpeedAI

Generate short videos of a person walking forward for marketing and promo use, producing consistent forward-walk motion. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-07-30 5 min read

Introducing Video Effects Couple Hugging on WaveSpeedAI

Image-to-Video model that turns one or two photos into heartwarming couple videos with AI companions and natural hugging interactions. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-07-26 5 min read

Introducing Video Effects Flower Receive on WaveSpeedAI

Convert photos into Flower Receive image-to-video clips with natural motion and romantic, expressive gestures. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-07-25 5 min read

Introducing Video Effects Nap Me 360p on WaveSpeedAI

Convert photos into cozy photo-to-video napping scenes with a relaxing, peaceful atmosphere at 360p resolution. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-07-24 5 min read

Introducing Video Effects Slice Therapy on WaveSpeedAI

Turn object photos into slice therapy Image-to-Video clips that reveal internal cross-sectional patterns. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-07-22 5 min read

Introducing Video Effects Soul Depart on WaveSpeedAI

Create mystical Soul Depart Image-to-Video clips from photos with ethereal effects for artistic, spiritual, and fantasy themes. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-07-22 5 min read

Introducing Video Effects Split Stance Human on WaveSpeedAI

Turn a photo into a dynamic split-stance action video ideal for fashion, martial arts, or stylized motion effects. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-07-21 5 min read

Introducing Video Effects Star Carpet on WaveSpeedAI

Create red-carpet walk videos from a single photo with elegant motion and confident expressions. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-07-21 5 min read

Introducing Video Effects Tap Me on WaveSpeedAI

Tap Me transforms photos into stylish tape-fashion image-to-video clips with confident poses and distinctive aesthetics. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-07-21 5 min read

Introducing Video Effects Walk Forward on WaveSpeedAI

Turn photos into forward-walking videos with the Walk Forward image-to-video effect that adds natural forward motion to still images. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-07-13 5 min read

Introducing Vidu Text-to-Image Q2 on WaveSpeedAI

Vidu Text-to-Image Q2 converts text prompts into high-quality images with exceptional visual detail and creative flexibility. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-07-06 5 min read

Introducing Vidu Text-to-Video 2.0 on WaveSpeedAI

Vidu Text-to-Video 2.0 converts text prompts into high-quality 720p videos with exceptional visual detail and diverse motion dynamics. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-07-05 5 min read

Introducing Vidu Text-to-Video on WaveSpeedAI

Vidu Text to Video converts text prompts into high-quality 720p videos with exceptional visual fidelity and diverse motion dynamics. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-07-05 5 min read

As Replicate is joining Cloudflare, Builders Need Stability More Than Ever — Why Thousands Are Moving Their Multimodal Workloads to WaveSpeedAI

When a major multimodal AI platform is acquired, ripple effects appear quickly. For teams running multimodal workloads, uncertainty isn’t just inconvenient. It’s expensive. A growing number are answering by moving to WaveSpeedAI.

2025-06-23 5 min read

Hailuo 2.3 — Where Motion Meets Emotion

For years, creators have imagined AI that can capture not only motion but also emotion — the subtle essence that makes human expression feel vibrant. That vision has long felt just out of reach. However, today, with the launch of the Hailuo 2.3 Model Series, we take a step closer to making it real! Now it officially lives on WaveSpeedAI! Built by MiniMax, each model—i2v-standard, t2v-standard, or i2v-Fast is designed to bring imagination to life with strong emotional depth. Let's enter the next era of cinematic AI generation, where technology feels human, and every frame tells a story.

2025-06-01 5 min read

Introducing Nano Banana Pro — The New Standard for AI Visual Intelligence

Discover how Google’s Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3.0 Pro Image) transforms visual creation with advanced remastering, style translation, and multimodal creative intelligence.

2025-05-20 5 min read

Kling 2.6 Is Now Live on WaveSpeedAI: Experience “What You See Is What You Hear” Video Generation

WaveSpeedAI is excited to announce the official launch of Kling 2.6, a breakthrough upgrade that reshapes the way creators produce AI-powered videos. For the first time, video, speech, sound effects, and ambient audio can be generated simultaneously in a single pass.

2025-05-14 5 min read

Kling Reference-to-Video: Generate New Videos from Your Subjects — Now on WaveSpeedAI

Kling Reference-to-Video allows you to generate entirely new video content based on subject reference images or videos, while maintaining consistent appearance, identity, and scene logic across all frames.

2025-05-08 5 min read

Veo 3.1 is now available on WaveSpeedAI

WaveSpeedAI, the global multimodal inference acceleration platform, today announced the availability of Veo 3.1 — Google’s latest video and audio generation model — now accessible via the WaveSpeedAI API.

2025-04-04 5 min read

Wan2.2-Fun-Control: Next-Gen AI Video Generation with Precision Control – Now on WavespeedAI

Wan2.2-Fun-Control is a next-generation video generation and control model designed to generate high-quality videos that adhere strictly to predefined control conditions.

2025-03-29 5 min read

Framepack Now Live on WaveSpeedAI: High-Fidelity Image-to-Video via Autoregressive Generation

Framepack, a cutting-edge autoregressive image-to-video model from lllyasviel (the creator of ControlNet), is now available on WaveSpeedAI. Framepack redefines how static images become videos—by generating each frame based on the one before, it produces smoother motion, greater temporal consistency, and more coherent narratives than traditional methods.

2025-03-08 5 min read

Ghibli Now Live on WaveSpeedAI

Discover the groundbreaking Ghibli model on WaveSpeedAI, enabling high-quality video generation with unprecedented ease and efficiency. Explore its features, use cases, and why WaveSpeedAI is the ideal platform for your creative needs.

2025-03-07 5 min read

InstantCharacter Model Launches on WaveSpeed: Ushering in a New Era of Personalized Character Generation

We’re excited to announce that Tencent AI Lab’s latest innovation — InstantCharacter, a state-of-the-art personalized character generation model — is now officially live on the WaveSpeed platform. Built upon a scalable Diffusion Transformer framework, InstantCharacter offers high fidelity, strong generalization, and fine-grained text controllability, setting a new benchmark in character generation technology.

2025-02-25 5 min read

Introducing ElevenLabs Turbo V2 on WaveSpeedAI

ElevenLabs Turbo V2 is a Text-To-Speech model available via WaveSpeedAI, billed at $0.05 per 1000 characters for API requests. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.

2025-02-16 5 min read

The Next Step in AI Image Editing: Meet Qwen-Image-Edit-2509

2025-02-03 5 min read

WaveSpeedAI Video Outpainter: The Fastest Way to Expand Videos & Convert Aspect Ratios Without Cropping

If you need to repurpose videos for multiple platforms—TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Reels, Shorts, ads—cropping isn’t an option.

2025-01-05 5 min read