In light of Mark’s lifetime of integrity and transparency (two traits I always prioritize in people I trust) — just an FYI for anyone interested. There are a lot of AI platforms popping up right now (browse a directory like “There’s An AI For That” if you want to see the flood). Galaxy.ai is one of the better “all-in-one” places to test a wide range of image/video/audio models in one spot. But it’s worth knowing this: many of these platforms are essentially wrappers around the same underlying tools/models. This feels a lot like an early-stage bubble (think dot-com era). Over the next decade, only the most refined, reliable, and easiest-to-use platforms will really remain. How to think about Galaxy.ai (and platforms like it) Galaxy.ai looks like a safe, convenient way to: - try lots of models quickly - discover what actually fits your workflow - avoid the hassle of wiring everything together yourself - That convenience can absolutely be worth the price—especially while you’re experimenting. If you want to save money later… Once you’ve found the specific models and outputs that match your style, you can often reduce costs by either: 1. going directly to the model/tool you ended up using most, or 2. building your own custom workflow/tool (power-user route) with things like Cursor, Builder.io, or similar “build-your-own app” tools + the model APIs. That’s literally how many of these platforms are made. If Galaxy.ai is perfect for your needs, stay there. If credits start getting expensive (you are a power user or you can't figure it out), graduate to a custom setup once your workflow is proven. Example: one of our current workflows For our children’s illustrated content: - ChatGPT → lyrical structure + prompting - Suno → music - ChatGPT → image frame ideas - Midjourney → visuals/animation direction That workflow works great for us—but it’s not a “cinematic pipeline,” and it can’t fully live inside Galaxy.ai right now because Midjourney doesn’t offer a public API (as of today).

AI Music Suno.com has changed our lives. We created over 55 educational, very well done trendy music songs in under a week, which have already had tens of thousands of streams. You can make any song now in any genre. Use Distrokids to distribute it to every single music and music video platform on earth. In 1 week, we've had over 20,000 total streams of our songs on those platforms, and are getting paid for the same. https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCPfEhJL-npoQSpHFRMKSCIg We are using AI to start uploading more conent to our monetized kids channel, and I'l be finally using it to build out my story telling channel.

I've probably spent more money on prompts (before chatGPT got good enough to actually help) for image and video gernation on this site than i have on eating out :D https://promptbase.com/art-and-illustrations

This has been an interesting directory for AI tools: https://theresanaiforthat.com/ Just beweare, not all tools are created equally, so tread with caution and with this professional's POV in that you can make ANY of those tools on your own for yourself, with your own credits. That isn't to say you can't use those tools, as some have spent good time refining them, but you can literally rebuild any software anyone has made with AI for your own use. This is a good place to get ideas of what. others are doing with AI, esp. animation.

Midjourney has been the most consistent for us to create videos from still images. It is not as powerful as VEO 3.1 or KLING or others, but so far, is the fastest most affordable and consistent. You just have to work on your prompt (chat gpt is helpful with this) so that it doesn't create crazy movements. Made these two vids a a few hours using midjourney, chatgpt, and the music was suno where the narration was elevelabs https://youtu.be/5klkyU9eeHM?si=aW6bkGEjtsYFLKma https://youtu.be/k3WsPLsmztI?si=d7Kt1RIXp_f-l-CB