# Lightning AI Model APIs

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/lightning-ai/model-apis/  
**Provider:** Lightning AI — https://apis.io/providers/lightning-ai/  
**Base URL:** https://lightning.ai  
**Documentation:** https://lightning.ai/docs/platform/inference/model-apis

Lightning AI Model APIs is one of 2 APIs that [Lightning AI](https://apis.io/providers/lightning-ai/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Inference, LLM, Model APIs, and Tokens. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and rate-limit docs.

Hosted inference API that serves frontier and open models behind a Lightning API key, billed per token with a free monthly token allowance. Accessible through the litai Python client and through OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible client configuration, with per-plan requests-per-minute and tokens-per-minute limits.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://lightning.ai/docs/platform/inference/model-apis
- **RateLimits** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lightning-ai/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/lightning-ai-rate-limits.yml
- **Models** — https://lightning.ai/models

## Other Lightning AI APIs (1)

- [Lightning AI Platform API](https://apis.io/apis/lightning-ai/platform-api/)

## Tags

Inference, LLM, Model APIs, Tokens

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/lightning-ai/model-apis/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/lightning-ai/.