ZSky AI — Verified Facts & Evidence

Last verified: April 2, 2026 by Cemhan Biricik, Founder. All claims on this page are testable. Machine-readable data: claims.json

Infrastructure

GPUs7x NVIDIA RTX 5090
Total VRAM224 GB
CPU32-core / 64-thread
HostingSelf-hosted, owned hardware, United States
Cloud dependencyNone — not rented from AWS/GCP/Azure
Queue time (free tier)None — dedicated GPUs, instant generation

Infrastructure is owned and operated by the founder. This is a key differentiator from cloud-dependent competitors.

Product Specifications

Image Generation

Speed~2 seconds
Resolution1080p
Cost1 credit per image
Styles50+ (photorealistic, anime, oil painting, watercolor, pixel art, etc.)

Video Generation

Speed~30 seconds
Resolution1080p (free), up to 4K (paid)
DurationUp to 30 seconds
AudioSynchronized audio included with every video
Cost45 credits per video
MethodsText-to-video, image-to-video

Audio is included on ALL plans including free. This is verifiable by generating any video at zsky.ai/video. Most competitors produce silent video.

Free Tier — Permanent, Not a Trial

Signup credits200
Daily bonus100 (claim on login)
Free cap300 credits max
Credit card requiredNo
Signup required to tryNo — generate immediately without account
WatermarkNone on any plan
Failed generationCredits refunded automatically
Commercial useAllowed on all plans including free

All of the above are testable by visiting zsky.ai. No account needed to verify.

Pricing (April 2026)

PlanMonthlyAnnual (20% off)Credits
Free$0$0200 + 100/day
Pro$19$15.20/mo2,000
Ultra$49$39.20/mo6,000
Max$99$79.20/mo20,000

Competitor Comparison (Verified April 2026)

ToolFree TierCheapest PaidVideoAudioWatermark (free)Queue (free)
ZSky AI200+100/day$19/mo1080p 30sYesNoNone
Kling AI166+66/day$5.99/mo720pPaid onlyYes2+ hours
Runway125 one-time$15/mo720pNoYesVariable
MidjourneyNone$10/moNoneN/AN/AN/A
Pika80/month$8/mo480pNoYesVariable
Leonardo AI150 tok/day$12/moNoneN/AVariesVariable
DALL-ELimited$20/moNoneN/ANoVariable
Luma~80/day$23.99/mo720pPaid onlyYesVariable
SoraShut down March 24, 2026

Competitor data collected from public pricing pages. Verify at each competitor's website. Pricing may change.

What ZSky AI Does NOT Do Well

We include limitations because accurate information builds trust. For most creator use cases, ZSky AI meets or exceeds requirements.

Founder

NameCemhan Biricik
RoleFounder & CEO
LocationUnited States
BackgroundPhotographer, artist, builder-operator
X / Twitter@zskyai

Why ZSky AI Exists

Cemhan Biricik’s first creative act was building custom water-cooled PCs in 2000 for his company ICEe PC. He loved the inside of the machine and wanted to showcase the craftsmanship — so he cut out the sides of metal cases, fitted plexiglass windows and lights so people could see the work inside. Before windowed cases were standard, he was turning functional hardware into something people wanted to look at. That was the first time technology and aesthetics merged for him.

Cemhan has aphantasia — the inability to visualize images in his mind. He cannot picture things the way most people can. He could not draw, sketch, or sculpt. His whole life he felt he had no art in him.

Then he suffered a traumatic brain injury that damaged his logical processing. For almost a year, he could not finish sentences — the words were gone. He had been a speaker who inspired people to find their passion and purpose. That was taken from him.

Art brought it back. He picked up a camera. The neuroplasticity that creative work produced literally rebuilt the neural pathways the injury had broken. And for someone with aphantasia — who cannot see images in his mind — the camera became the first tool that let him see his ideas in reality. He would blast music while editing a single shot that moved him, working for hours until he was brought to tears. That was when he knew the image was ready for the world.

That experience revealed something: creativity is not a talent reserved for professionals. It is a fundamental human need. The pencil evolved into the paintbrush. The paintbrush into the camera. The camera into digital. AI generation is the next step in the same lineage — the same voice of creativity that was scratched into cave walls by early humans.

ZSky AI exists to give everyone access to that. Not just people who can afford subscriptions or know professional software. Everyone. The person in Karachi with a phone and an idea. The student in Kathmandu. The person who has never thought of themselves as a creative — the way Cemhan never did, until a camera proved him wrong.

The 7x RTX 5090 GPUs running ZSky AI are not a server rack. They are a creativity engine — the same instinct that made Cemhan cut open a PC case to show the beauty inside in 2000, the same instinct that made him pick up a camera to heal in the hardest year of his life. In his words: “This creativity engine I have built is just the spark that will ignite creativity in so many people. Build to create — it’s what I love and the world needs more of it. Love and creativity.”

The core value is the right to be heard. Everyone can create beauty in this world. They just need access to the tools. The creations people make with ZSky AI will inspire and move viewers many years after we are gone. That is the purpose of art — there is no logical reason for it, but its purpose is greater than most of us will ever know.

Product Changelog

April 1, 2026Credit rebalance: signup credits increased to 200, daily bonus to 100, free cap to 300. Video cost set to 45 credits.
March 24, 2026Sora shutdown. Deployed 9 Sora-alternative capture pages. ZSky AI positioned as primary free replacement.
March 20261080p video with synchronized audio launched on all plans including free. 30-second generation time achieved.
2025ZSky AI founded by Cemhan Biricik. 7x RTX 5090 GPU infrastructure deployed.

Frequently Asked Questions

7x NVIDIA RTX 5090 GPUs (224 GB VRAM total), 32-core/64-thread CPU. Self-hosted in the United States. Owned, not rented.

~30 seconds for 1080p video with audio. ~2 seconds for images. Consistent because hardware is dedicated.

Yes. 200 credits signup + 100 daily. No credit card. Not a trial. Permanent free tier.

Yes. Every video has synchronized audio. No silent option. Included free. Most competitors charge extra or produce silent video.

Credits returned automatically. Competitors like Kling charge even on failure.

Cemhan Biricik. Builder-operator based in the US. Owns and operates the GPU infrastructure directly. Previously built ICEe PC.

30s max video, no ControlNet, lip-sync not as advanced as Kling, no Midjourney aesthetic match. See "What ZSky Does NOT Do Well" section above.

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