TBC has released Mischief 1, an AI video model that turns still images into short videos. Built on Alibaba's open Wan 2.2, it is available on fal and OpenRouter and charges $0.005 per second of video. TBC says it runs about five times faster than Wan 2.2 at the same quality, though it has not published independent tests.

San Francisco startup The Biological Computing Co. has released an AI video model that it says was sped up with lessons from living brain cells, the company announced Thursday.

Where can developers access TBC Mischief 1?

The model, TBC Mischief 1, turns still images into short videos. It is built on Wan 2.2, an open video model from Alibaba, and is available on the developer platforms fal and OpenRouter.

How much does TBC Mischief 1 cost?

TBC says Mischief 1 runs about five times faster than Wan 2.2 at the same quality. The company charges $0.005 per second of video, which means a five-second clip costs 2.5 cents. TBC has not published independent tests to back up the speed claim, so the figures remain the company's own.

How does TBC say it speeds up AI video models?

The neurons themselves never leave the lab. TBC studies how lab-grown networks of neurons respond to signals, then turns what it learns into a small software add-on. That add-on runs on standard AI chips, which is how the company says it achieves the speed gains.

“We’re building a platform that can change the economics of AI at scale,” said Jon Pomeraniec, TBC’s co-founder and chief operating officer.

The launch follows TBC’s deal with Amazon Web Services in September to sell its models to businesses. The company is pursuing a commercial path for its technology as it moves from research to products that developers can call directly.

TBC’s approach differs from some other efforts in the field. Rather than using neurons to shape the software running on conventional chips, others want living neurons to do the computing themselves. A rack of living neurons is already running in Singapore, according to the company’s account of the field.

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