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# Welcome

EmpirioLabs AI gives you access to 206+ large language, image, video, audio, and multimodal models through a single set of credentials. Use the OpenAI Chat Completions, OpenAI Responses, Anthropic Messages, or Google Gemini request format with no separate accounts or rewrites required.

## What you can do with the platform

#### Access 206+ models

Route requests to models from Alibaba (Qwen), Amazon (Nova), ByteDance (Seed, Seedance, Seedream), DeepSeek, Google (Gemini, Gemma), Mistral, Xiaomi (MiMo), MiniMax, Perplexity, Stability AI, and more through one API.

#### Use familiar SDKs

Send requests using the OpenAI Chat Completions, OpenAI Responses, Anthropic Messages, or Google Gemini format with the SDK you already use.

#### Pay with prepaid credits

Top up your account from the Billing page and pay per-token, per-request, or per-unit depending on the model.

#### Track usage and cost

Every API call is logged with token counts, cost, and latency so you can monitor spend in real time.

## Start here

#### Get an API key

Sign up at [platform.empiriolabs.ai](https://platform.empiriolabs.ai), add credits or choose a plan, and generate an API key from the dashboard. Keys use the `sk-empiriolabs-` prefix.

#### Make your first request

Follow the [Getting Started](/getting-started) guide to list available models and send a chat completion.

#### Browse the model catalog

Call `GET /v1/models` or visit the [Models page](https://empiriolabs.ai/models) to see pricing, regions, and supported parameters for every model.

## Documentation map

#### [Getting Started](/getting-started)

Make your first API call in under a minute.

#### [Authentication](/authentication)

Learn about API key format, bearer tokens, and error codes.

#### [Models and Pricing](/models-pricing)

Browse model categories, pricing units, and API status values.

#### [Compatibility](/compatibility)

See how the OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini request formats map onto EmpirioLabs endpoints.

#### [API Reference Overview](/api-reference-overview)

Tour the complete REST surface, from chat and media generation to search, batch, and jobs.

#### [Support](/support)

Find the best path for onboarding, troubleshooting, and feedback.