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The NovAI Podcast

Build with the world's best AI models for less

The NovAI Podcast is for developers who want to build with the best AI models without the eye-watering bills. Each episode we break down real pricing, real benchmarks and real access routes for Chinese and Western LLMs, image and video APIs - all through one OpenAI-compatible gateway. No hype, just numbers you can ship on.

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🎤 Episodes — Season 1

EPISODE 3

Best AI APIs for Developers in 2026: GPT, Claude, DeepSeek, Qwen Compared

Episode 3 of The NovAI Podcast: how to choose between GPT-5.5, Claude Opus 4.7, Gemini 3.1, DeepSeek V4, Qwen3-Max, Kimi K3 and GLM-5.3 by use case - coding, long context, cheap bulk, image and video - all through one API key.

📅 2026-09-29
EPISODE 2

Use Any Chinese AI Model Without a Chinese Phone Number

Episode 2 of The NovAI Podcast: the exact access barriers behind DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi and MiniMax APIs (Chinese phone, Alipay, business verification) and how to reach them all from outside China with one OpenAI-compatible key.

📅 2026-09-29
EPISODE 1

Why Chinese AI Models Are 10x Cheaper (And Whether You Can Trust Them)

DeepSeek V4 runs about $0.08-$0.27 per million tokens while GPT-5.5 costs $5+. Episode 1 of The NovAI Podcast: why Chinese AI APIs are 10x cheaper, whether the quality holds up, and how to call them from one OpenAI-compatible key.

📅 2026-09-29

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The NovAI Podcast helps developers use the world’s best AI models — DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, GLM, MiniMax, GPT, Claude and Gemini — without the premium bill. Real pricing, real benchmarks and real access routes, all through one OpenAI-compatible gateway. Every episode is voiced with NovAI’s own text-to-speech API.

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