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Video generation with sound

Short video clips with synchronised audio from a prompt.

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Facts

Lane
Media and creative
Wave
6 of 12 (build order, not a date)
Needs
9 boxes all the way back through hard links
Unlocks
6 boxes downstream through hard links
Leverage
None: already built
Cluster
Around licensed generative media

Evidence as of October 2026

Veo 3 added native audio in May 2025 and Sora 2 followed in September. By March 2026 Veo 3 Lite cost $0.05 a second at 720p.

  1. 01OpusClip: AI video news, April 2026

Around it

Needs · 2
Unlocks · 4

Loops and off-ramps