Grok Imagine 1.5 Lite now available on Venice for $0.04 per clip

xAI: xAI is the artificial intelligence company that develops the Grok series of models, including the Grok Imagine Video 1.5 family. It focuses on building advanced generative tools with proprietary technology. The news highlights xAI's release of the Lite variant for broader, cost-effective video generation access through third-party platforms like Venice. Venice: Venice is a platform that hosts various AI models, including video generation tools, with an emphasis on user privacy through its private tier that ensures zero data retention. It provides both app-based and API access for models like Grok Imagine 1.5 Lite without requiring subscriptions. The news centers on Venice integrating this xAI model for anonymous, pay-per-clip video creation. Grok Imagine 1.5 Lite: Grok Imagine 1.5 Lite is xAI's budget-tier video generation model within the Grok Imagine Video 1.5 family. It supports text-to-video and image-to-video workflows, producing short clips with native audio including sound effects, ambience, and dialogue. In this news, the model has been made available on the Venice platform as of late September 2026, enabling private, per-clip access for users seeking affordable short-form video creation. Privacy Focus: Venice runs Grok Imagine 1.5 Lite under a private tier that stores no prompts or source images and does not use them for training. Platform Access: Venice makes the model available permissionlessly via its app and REST API for users who prefer per-clip payments over subscriptions. Model Capabilities: The Lite tier generates clips with native synchronized audio in a single pass, covering both text-to-video and image-to-video use cases.