Vivix launches W1, a streaming-native real-time video model: ~30B active params, $0.003/sec promo, API in preview
Vivix released Vivix-W1, a streaming-native multimodal video model that accepts text, image, audio and video references and lets new inputs steer the stream mid-generation. Vivix says it has ~30B active parameters and costs $0.003 per output second through Oct 31; in vendor tests an 8s 720p reference-to-video job took 8.4s on average. The API is in limited preview with standard, fast and ultrafast tiers.

Key Takeaways
- Vendor-stated ~30B active parameters with native audio-video, multi-shot and continuous streaming
- $0.003/sec promo through Oct 31 vs vendor-listed $0.080 (H3 Max), $0.112 (Kling 3.0), $0.231 (Seedance 2.5)
- Vendor test: 8s 720p ref-to-video in 8.4s avg vs 145.9s Kling 3.0 and 272.4s Seedance 2.5 (excl. queue)
- API tiers vivix-w1 / fast / ultrafast at 1/3/4 credits per second, 5–15s clips
- No third-party quality benchmark yet