# Venice AI Models List

> Venice AI Models List is a free API for AI agents from api.venice.ai, Free, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-12).

Returns the list of available AI models accessible through the Venice.ai x402-enabled gateway.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/models?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: Free
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-12
- Activations on Zero: 1
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/openai-0696c458
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_2wTsqfWGXbC-TazF_U4up

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability openai-0696c458
```

Example prompt: What AI models are currently available through the Venice.ai API so I can pick one for my text generation task?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically discover which models are available on the Venice.ai x402 gateway before making an inference call, or when building dynamic model-selection logic. Prefer this over hardcoding model IDs, as available models may change over time.

## Known failure modes

- 401 Unauthorized if API key is missing or invalid
- 503 Service Unavailable if Venice.ai gateway is down
- Empty model list if no models are currently provisioned
- Rate limit errors if too many requests are made in quick succession

## How this service works

List available models.

## Output

A list of available model objects, each containing a model ID, name, and metadata describing the models accessible through the Venice.ai x402 gateway for inference tasks.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/openai-0696c458/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.venice.ai](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.venice.ai/llms.txt)