Venice API 101

Our API enables you privately harness the power of advanced open-source AI models like DeepSeek R1 671B, Qwen 2.5 VL, Flux, and more  

Here are 3 ways you can access our API, and 3 steps to generate your API key 🧵

1. Access Venice API with Pro  

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

Venice.ai is a generative AI app powered by leading open-source AI models, enabling anyone, anywhere, access private and censorship-free generative AI.

2. Access Venice API by staking VVV 

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 allotment on the staking dashboard at http://venice.ai/token

Users with positive VCU balance are entitled to “Paid Tier” rate limits

3. Access Venice API with 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

How to generate your Venice API key

1. Head over to the Venice API Dashboard: http://venice.ai/settings/api
2. Scroll down to API Keys and click “Generate New API Key”
3. Enter the relevant information and click “Generate”, and then save your API Key

For more detailed instructions on API Key generation, check out our docs:

How to generate your Venice API key

1. Head over to the Venice API Dashboard: http://venice.ai/settings/api
2. Scroll down to API Keys and click “Generate New API Key”
3. Enter the relevant information and click “Generate”, and then save your API Key

For more detailed instructions on API Key generation, check out our docs: http://docs.venice.ai/welcome/guides/generating-api-key

Read our full in-depth Venice API guide here, including steps for:

• Choosing a model 
• Creating your first text chat 
• Creating your first image chat

Read our full in-depth Venice API guide here, including steps for:

• Choosing a model 
• Creating your first text chat 
• Creating your first image chat

https://venice.ai/blog/how-to-use-venice-api