Using Veo 3.1 Fast on Vercel AI Gateway

Implementation guide · Veo · Google DeepMind

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Vercel AI Gateway exposes Veo 3.1 Fast through model ID google/veo-3.1-fast-generate-001. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

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Quick Start

  1. 1
    Create an account at Vercel AI Gateway and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the Vercel AI Gateway SDK or REST API to call google/veo-3.1-fast-generate-001 — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $0.15/sec of video output. See full pricing.

Code Examples

Install
pip install openai
API key
AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY
Model ID
google/veo-3.1-fast-generate-001

creator/model-name e.g. kwaipilot/kat-coder-pro-v2

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],
    base_url="https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="google/veo-3.1-fast-generate-001",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Pricing on Vercel AI Gateway

TypeRate
Video output$0.15/sec

Capabilities

VisionMultimodal

About Veo 3.1 Fast

Veo 3.1 Fast (veo-3.1-fast-generate-001) is the generally available speed-optimized version of Google DeepMind's Veo 3.1 video generation model, released 2025-11-17 on Google Cloud's Vertex AI (now Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform). It generates 4, 6 or 8-second videos at 720p, 1080p or 4K (24 fps, 16:9 or 9:16) with native audio from text or image prompts, and supports first/last-frame generation, reference images and video extension. It replaces the veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview model.

Model Specs

Released2025-11-17

Provider

Vercel AI Gateway

Vercel