Avataar, 인도 시장 겨냥 영상 생성 비용 20배 절감
avataar가 초당 $0.005에 클립을 생성하는 영상 모델 varya를 출시했습니다. runway 같은 경쟁사보다 20배 저렴한 가격으로, 인도의 가격에 민감한 영상 우선 소비자 시장을 겨냥합니다.
backed by peak xv and the india ai mission, avataar.ai released varya, a video generation model distilled from alibaba's wan 2.2. the model runs in 4 steps compared to 50, producing video 10 times faster on a single h200 gpu and at a cost of $0.005 per second. it is trained on curated data to recognize indian cultural nuances in food, clothing, and festivals, and will be released with open weights on the government's ai kosh portal. this move highlights india's pragmatic approach of prioritizing cost-effective applications over expensive foundation model training to drive mass adoption.