API

Build with the most capable models we ship.

Frontier chat, image, and 4K video — sold as API keys to other applications. Same shape as the APIs those apps already speak.

Start in minutes

Compatible with the OpenAI SDK. Issue a vela- key, point the app at this base URL, ship chat / image / video.

curl https://www.velacompute.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VELA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"vela-4","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello Vela"}]}'

Capabilities

Chat & reasoning

Drop-in /v1/chat/completions. Agents, copilots, and apps that already speak OpenAI keep working.

Images & photos

POST /v1/images/generations · model vela-imagine. Hosted URLs your product can render immediately.

4K video

POST /v1/videos/generations · model vela-video. Poll until status is done. 3840×2160 at 60 fps.

Models & pricing

ModelContextInputOutput

Vela 4

vela-4

500k$2.00 / 1M$6.00 / 1M

Vela Fast

vela-fast

128k$0.50 / 1M$1.50 / 1M

Vela Mini

vela-mini

128k$0.20 / 1M$0.50 / 1M

Vela Imagine

vela-imagine

——$0.04 / image

Vela Embed

vela-embed

8k$0.05 / 1M$0.00 / 1M

Vela Video

vela-video

6–60s—$0.22 / sec

Vela Video Fast

vela-video-fast

6–60s—$0.15 / sec

Vela Audio

vela-audio

—$0.40 / 1M$0.40 / 1M