The open network for real-time AI video
Generate, transform, and interpret live video streams on a permissionless GPU network built for real-time video inference.
Use Cases
What you can build with real-time AI video
Build live generated worlds, AI avatars, real-time style transfer, and more — powered by Livepeer's open GPU network.
GENERATING
60 FPS
Frame 1,847 · 12ms
AI-Generated Worlds
Live environments inferred in real time from user inputs. Not pre-rendered, not pre-recorded. The world itself is the model's output.
INPUT
OUTPUT
Style: Anime · 22ms
AI Avatars
Video representations of AI agents that respond in real time, for tutoring, telepresence, and conversational interfaces.
person0.90
person0.91
vehicle0.94
LIVE
YOLOv8 · 8ms
2 persons1 vehicle
Live Video Intelligence
Real-time analysis of live streams: sports broadcasts, security feeds, manufacturing lines. Processed during, not after.
IngestModelOutput
Pipeline: img2img · 3 stages
Active
Prompt-Driven Live Transformation
A creator goes live and the stream adapts: lighting, environment, visual style, based on a text prompt, in real time.
LIVE
1080p 60fps
720p 30fps
480p 30fps
360p 30fps
Bitrate: 4.2 Mbps · Latency: 85ms
Live Transcoding & Streaming
Adaptive bitrate transcoding across a global GPU network with sub-second latency.
Discover applications built on Livepeer
Explore applications and emerging capabilities on Livepeer, from real-time AI video and AI avatars to transcoding and streaming.
[Daydream]
Real-time generative AI video, open and remixable Learn more→ link
[Frameworks]
The open streaming stack for live video Learn more→ link
[Streamplace]
The video layer for decentralized social Learn more→ link
Field Notes
Keep up with the latest on Livepeer
Protocol updates, ecosystem launches, and the thinking behind real-time AI video — straight from the people building the network.
Built from Inside the Stack
Building on Open Compute: Marco van Dijk, Founder of FrameWorks
4 min read linkReal-time AI Video Drives Q1 ATHs
Messari's State of Livepeer Q1 2026 report: network usage and fees hit all-time highs, with AI inference accounting for ~60% of protocol revenue.
3 min read linkAI x Open Media Forum: Building New Wave Creativity
Artists, technologists, and researchers gathered at Devconnect Buenos Aires to explore how real-time AI is reshaping media production, distribution, and creative economies.
10 min read link
The Network
Powered by independent GPU providers
Livepeer is a global network of independent GPU providers, builders, and engineers who run the network and shape its direction. Open-source. Permissionless.
Built in the open by 262 contributors. Contribute on GitHub.