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Lightning AI Model APIs / litAI
$15 in credits refresh on a published schedule.
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Sources5 first-party links
API endpoint
https://lightning.ai/api/v1Catalog snapshot
7Models mentioned
lightning-ai/nvidia-nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55blightning-ai/deepseek-v4-prolightning-ai/gemma-4-31B-itlightning-ai/gpt-oss-120banthropic/claude-opus-4-8google/gemini-3.5-flashopenai/gpt-5.5-2026-04-23Limits and terms
- Advertised Model API Tokens Per Month
- 30,000,000
- Requests Per Minute
- 15
- Tokens Per Minute
- 120,000
- Separate Platform Credits USD Per Month
- 15
- Reset
- Free platform balance is topped up to $15 on the first of each month and does not accumulate.
- Caveat
- Public pages do not fully reconcile the 30M-token promise with token-priced litAI calls and the separate $15 balance; the signed-in billing page is authoritative.
Eligibility
- Account Required
- Yes
- Payment Method Required
- No
- Phone Verification Required
- Yes
- Country Availability Applies
- Yes
- One Free Account Per Person
- Yes
Receipts
5Primary sources
Official DocsModel APIshttps://lightning.ai/docs/overview/model-apisOfficial CatalogModel API cataloghttps://api.lightning.ai/modelsOfficial PricingLightning pricinghttps://lightning.ai/pricingOfficial DocsAccount creation and free-credit eligibilityhttps://lightning.ai/docs/platform/overview/faq/create-accountOfficial DocsBillinghttps://lightning.ai/docs/overview/faq/billing