San Francisco – October 30, 2026 -- The Biological Computing Co. (TBC) launched mischief 1, an image-to-video AI model that generates video 5x faster than its base model, on the fal and OpenRouter marketplaces. TBC says it is the lowest-priced image-to-video model on both platforms.
The model is priced at half a cent per second of video. A five-second clip costs 2.5 cents, and 100 clips cost $2.50.
TBC builds mischief 1 on Wan 2.2 and says quality matches the base model
Mischief 1 is built on Wan 2.2, a widely used open-weight video model. TBC says it matches the base model's quality while cutting generation time fivefold and cost to a fraction of the original.
The efficiency gains come from TBC's discovery platform. It grows living neurons in the lab, measures how they process information and extracts computational principles that become proprietary software. The neurons stay in the lab. Customers run the software on standard AI hardware, where it adds less than 0.1% to the base model's parameter count.
TBC contrasts neuron-derived optimization with quantization, distillation and caching
TBC says most AI efficiency gains today rely on shared industry techniques such as quantization, distillation and caching. Its own optimizations derive from direct measurements of living neurons, which the company says makes them hard to replicate.
Wonder Studios tests the model in production workflow
AI-native creative studio Wonder Studios tested mischief 1 in its own production workflow. Co-founder Justin Hackney said the speed and cost let the team push its work further within the same time and budget.
Marketplace launch follows AWS collaboration by five weeks
The marketplace release comes five weeks after TBC announced a collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to bring the model to enterprise customers. The model went live on October 30.
TBC is already applying its discovery process to newer open-weight video models. The company reports early results showing greater efficiency gains. Applications in language models and physical AI are in development.
CEO and co-founder Alex Ksendzovsky said video is the first commercial application, with the goal of building more capable models "without simply adding more compute." COO and co-founder Jon Pomeraniec described mischief 1 as the company's first commercial proof point.