Alibaba’s Wan 2.1 Goes Open Source
27.02.2025
On February 25, 2025, Alibaba Cloud announced that Wan 2.1, its cutting-edge AI video generation model, is now open-source!
A Game Changer in AI Video Generation!
This multilingual model (Chinese & English) transforms text prompts into stunning, high-quality videos (1080p, 30 FPS), mastering complex motion, spatial relationships, and dynamic scenes.
With a VBench-leading score of 84.7%, it now competes directly with:
🔥 OpenAI’s Sora
🔥 Minimax
🔥 Kling (Kuaishou)
🔥 Google Veo 2
Why This Matters?
✅ Democratizing AI video creation – Free access for creators, businesses, and developers
✅ Rivaling industry leaders – Outperforming many closed-source models in dynamic motion & aesthetics
✅ Potential for innovation – Like Stable Diffusion, it could revolutionize AI-driven content creation
Will Wan 2.1 redefine AI-generated videos? How will OpenAI and Google respond? Let’s discuss!