The use case: how HeyGen deploys Runware
HeyGen uses Runware's inference API to run open-source image generation models for its AI video platform, supporting storyboard and production workflows. It replaced more expensive managed providers without having to host models itself.
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We cut our cost per image by over 50%. That's not a rounding error, that's a meaningful change to how we buildOther AI tools used by HeyGen
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The impact was immediate and measurable. Overall cost per image dropped by over 50%, which changed how the team approached product development. Features that had previously felt too expensive to build and release at scale became viable.