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Midjourney's AI video model is here

V1 is an image-to-video model

👋 Good morning/evening (wherever you are). It’s Wednesday.

Midjourney’s video model (image-to-video) is finally here.

Specs:

  • 480p output (use an upscaler like Topaz for better quality)

  • 5-second videos, extendable 4 times

  • Two animation modes: Auto or Manual prompts

  • Motion levels:

    • Low motion = subtle movement

    • High motion = dynamic scenes (more error-prone)

  • Pricing: ~8x the cost of an image job, but you get 4 videos (roughly 1 image per second of output)

Additional thoughts:

  • Best suited for anime and abstract visuals (expect more crossover fan clips)

  • Fashion, gaming, and ecomm brands can now test hundreds of visual ads per month with ease

  • Combine with Suno or Udio for instant music videos (someone’s going to make a Gorillaz-style AI band soon)

  • Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse drops June 4, 2027…until then, expect plenty of AI versions.

Switching gears:

Hailuo’s recent AI circus video should be getting way more attention.

Creatives are raving about its ability to handle action scenes, acrobatics, and wild physics better than anything we’ve seen yet.

I believe the rise of synthetic doubles is just the start.

Also, MiniMax M1 just dethroned DeepSeek as the top open-source model right now.

World’s longest context window: 1M-token input, 80k-token output

OK let’s keep going ↓

Here’s what you should know:

The numbers:

  • Tennr raised $101M to automate patient referrals using AI-powered document processing.

  • Animaj raised $85M to build AI-generated kids' entertainment IP from the ground up.

  • Wix acquired Base44 for $80M to let anyone build apps and websites using natural language instead of code.

  • Traversal raised $48M to reinvent site reliability with an AI-native observability platform.

  • HOPPR raised $31.5M to transform medical imaging with foundation models trained on radiology data.

  • Multiplier, founded by an ex-Stripe exec, raised $27.5M to roll up accounting firms and scale them using AI-powered automation.

  • Mercanis raised €17.3M (~$18.6M) to automate procurement with agentic AI assistants.

  • Grifin raised $11M for an investing app that buys stock in companies you shop at using AI.

  • Typedef raised $5.5M to simplify building AI-optimized data pipelines for enterprise workflows.

Thought starters:

Meme of the day:

Thanks for reading,

Eddie

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