OpenRouter adds ByteDance's Seedance 2.5 for 30-second video generation
The API gateway supports up to 50 image, video and audio references per request, but routes the model through a single provider.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: OpenRouter
Why it matters
Seedance 2.5 moves AI video toward reference-heavy editing and production workflows. For OpenRouter, it tests whether a unified API remains valuable when access comes from one provider and routing is unavailable.
Alex Atallah, the OpenSea co-founder who now runs OpenRouter, added ByteDance's Seedance 2.5 to the gateway's video-generation API on August 7th, giving developers a single endpoint for clips lasting up to 30 seconds and prompts containing dozens of reference assets.
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