About Venice

Welcome to Venice.ai’s API documentation! Our API enables you to harness the power of advanced AI models for text and image generation while maintaining the highest standards of privacy and performance.

These docs are open source and can be contributed to on Github by submitting a pull request. Here is a simple reference guide for “How to use Venice API”.

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Key Features

• Privacy-First Architecture: Built from the ground up with user privacy as a core principle

• Text & Image Generation: Access to cutting-edge AI models for both text and image inference

• OpenAI API Compatible: Seamless integration with existing OpenAI clients

• Developer-Friendly: Comprehensive documentation and examples to get you started quickly

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Accessing the API

Venice users can access the API in 3 ways:

1. Pro Account: Users with a PRO account will gain access to the Venice API within the “Explorer Tier”. This tier has lower rate-limits, and is intended for simple interaction with the API.

2. VCUs: With Venice’s launch of the VVV token, users who stake tokens within the Venice protocol gain access to a daily AI inference allocation (as well as ongoing staking yield). When staking, users receive VCUs, which represent a portion of the overall Venice compute capacity. You can stake VVV tokens and see your VCU allocation here. Users with positive VCU balance are entitled to “Paid Tier” rate limits.

3. USD: Users can also opt to deposit USD into their account to pay for API inference the same way that they would on other platforms, like OpenAI or Anthropic. Users with positive USD balance are entitled to “Paid Tier” rate limits.

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Resources

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