Avataar 將影片生成成本降低 20 倍以適應印度市場
avataar 發布了影片模型 varya，生成價格為每秒 0.005 美元——比 runway 等競爭對手便宜 20 倍。該定價針對印度對價格敏感且以影片為主的消費市場。
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.