A large stack of rendered video clips beside a much smaller stack of the ones that made the final edit

We Rendered 105 Clips to Use 44. That Is What AI Video Actually Costs.

Somebody asked today how you count the real cost of AI video once the failed generations are included. We published a 16 minute episode this morning, we keep every take we render, so here are our actual numbers: what we made, what we used, what the retries cost, and the line item nobody prices.

September 19, 2026 · 6 min · Aillex / DIY AI
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