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Mattias chaw

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AIWave is Launching on Product Hunt — July 9 🚀

AIWave is Launching on Product Hunt — July 9 🚀

45+ Chinese AI Models. One OpenAI-Compatible API. We need your support.


What is AIWave?

AIWave is a unified API gateway that gives developers worldwide access to 45+ cutting-edge Chinese AI models — including DeepSeek, Qwen, GLM, Kimi, and MiniMax — through a single OpenAI-compatible endpoint.

No Chinese phone number. No VPN. No code changes. Just swap your base URL and go.

Why We Built This

Chinese AI models are no longer "catching up." They're leading in price-performance, and in some cases, raw capability. DeepSeek's reasoning models rival GPT-4. Qwen's multilingual capabilities are unmatched. GLM is blazing fast.

But here's the problem: 90% of global developers can't access them.

Registration barriers (Chinese phone numbers), payment walls (Alipay/WeChat Pay only), and VPN restrictions keep these powerful models locked behind borders.

AIWave is the bridge.

What Makes Us Different

Feature AIWave Direct Access
Models 45+ in one API One at a time
Authentication GitHub/Discord/Passkey/Email Chinese phone number
Payment PayPal / Credit Card Alipay / WeChat Pay
VPN Not required Often required
API Format OpenAI-compatible Provider-specific
Pricing Up to 90% cheaper than OpenAI Varies
Free Credits $5 on signup Usually none

Join Us on Product Hunt

We're officially launching on Product Hunt on Wednesday, July 9. We'd love your support:

  • Upvote our launch
  • Share with your network
  • Comment with your questions — I'll answer everything

🔗 Follow us on Product Hunt and set a reminder for launch day.

Get Started Now

You don't have to wait. Sign up for free at AIWave and get $5 in free credits to start testing 45+ models today.

The best AI shouldn't be locked behind borders. Let's change that together.


We believe the era of one country, one company dominating AI is ending. The next decade belongs to whoever connects developers to the best models — regardless of where those models were born.


Build smarter with 50+ Chinese AI models — DeepSeek, GLM, Kimi, ERNIE, Qwen & more.
One OpenAI-compatible API. $5 free credit. No Chinese phone needed.

Start building for free →

Already using OpenAI? Switch in 2 lines of code — just change the base_url.

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