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Neurosurgeons' video model built on Alibaba's Wan lists at half a cent a second on fal and OpenRouter

Two neurosurgeons shipped the cheapest image-to-video model on fal and OpenRouter at half a cent a second, claiming living-neuron research made an Alibaba model five times faster. The platform hosting it just had its founder beg publicly for scarce GPUs.

October 31, 2026 · 3 min read

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fal is talked up to $15 billion on a rate card that moves every 19 days

The inference company last printed a $4.5 billion mark in May. Last week it doubled an edit price seven days after listing it, put a rival's model on sale below its own rate, and was reported in talks at $15 billion, while CoreWeave's debt insurance hit a record.

October 22, 2026 · 3 min read

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Black Forest Labs gives Klein away free; fal prices FLUX 3 Max at 75% off and keeps the customer

fal launched FLUX 3 Max on October 19: Black Forest Labs' foundation model, post-trained, priced and sold only by fal. Four days earlier the lab gave away Klein's weights for free commercial use. The model maker publishes the model; the platform keeps the pay.

October 20, 2026 · 3 min read

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Neurosurgeons' video model built on Alibaba's Wan lists at half a cent a second on fal and OpenRouter

fal is talked up to $15 billion on a rate card that moves every 19 days

Black Forest Labs gives Klein away free; fal prices FLUX 3 Max at 75% off and keeps the customer