Video Generation

🎧 Prefer to listen? Your browser does not support the audio element. Two weeks ago, PixVerse quietly closed a Series C extension that brought its total fundraising to $439 million. Alibaba joined. So did Mirae Asset, BlueFocus, and half a dozen other institutional names. The company crossed unicorn status — that’s a $1 billion+ valuation — and then announced something that made me stop scrolling: they’re not just doing video anymore. They’re building a real-time game engine powered by the same AI that generates their videos. If you’re a solo creator or builder, this is one of those funding rounds that actually matters to you. Here’s why. ...

🎧 Prefer to listen? Your browser does not support the audio element. I’ve been generating AI videos for six months now, and the question I get most isn’t “which tool is best?” It’s “how much does this actually cost?” Because for solo builders, the math matters. You don’t have a production budget. You have a side project and a dream. So when PixVerse — which just raised $439 million and crossed a $2 billion valuation — announced a rate of $4.80 per minute of image-to-video generation, I did what any reasonable person would do: I opened a spreadsheet. What I found changed how I think about AI video tools entirely. ...

🎧 Prefer to listen? Your browser does not support the audio element. I made a TikTok dance video for $0.39 with AI — here’s the exact prompt Last night I spent $0.39 and made a TikTok dance video. No dancer. No camera. No studio. Two AI tools. One prompt. Ten seconds of content. Here’s exactly how I did it — and the full prompt you can steal. ...