Your keys. Your labs. BYOK.

Verum does not provide free API keys. You create keys at each lab (Sakana, OpenAI, Anthropic, Groq, Gemini, xAI, Perplexity, OpenRouter), paste them in Settings, and pay those labs for tokens. Verum is the multi-model workbench.

How it works

Pro / trial unlocks the console (Arena, Pipeline, Best pick). Model usage is always billed by the lab that owns the key — never by Verum as “free keys.”

Sakana AI — Fugu / Fugu Ultra

Multi-agent system-as-a-model — Fugu / Fugu Ultra coordinate frontier models via one OpenAI-compatible API.

Base URL: https://api.sakana.ai/v1
Console: console.sakana.ai
Models in Verum: fugu · fugu-ultra · namazu (compat)
Env var: SAKANA_API_KEY

Sakana Chat (consumer Namazu) may be JP-focused; Fugu API access depends on console eligibility for your region.

Get Sakana key Paste in Settings

Perplexity Sonar — live & deep research

Live web-grounded Sonar models — search, reasoning, and deep research reports without leaving Verum.

Base URL: https://api.perplexity.ai
Console: console.perplexity.ai
Models in Verum: sonar · sonar-pro · sonar-reasoning-pro · sonar-deep-research
Env var: PERPLEXITY_API_KEY

Requires a Perplexity API account with billing. Not free unlimited — buy credits at console.perplexity.ai.

Get Perplexity key Paste in Settings

Each lab bills you separately

Grok, Claude, GPT, Fugu, Sonar, Groq, Gemini — create an account and key with that provider. Some labs offer their own free tiers; that is between you and them, not Verum.

Sakana AI — Fugu / Fugu Ultra (first-class)

Create an API key at https://console.sakana.ai → API Keys. Use OpenAI-compatible base URL https://api.sakana.ai/v1. Fugu orchestrates specialist models behind one endpoint.

Open https://console.sakana.ai and sign in
Create an API key from Sakana (copy once)
In Verum Settings → provider Sakana AI (Fugu)
Paste key (base URL defaults to https://api.sakana.ai/v1)
Pick model Sakana Fugu or Fugu Ultra in the chat model chip

Open console

Groq — fast open models

Get your own Groq API key at console.groq.com — paste it in Verum Settings (BYOK). Verum does not provide keys.

https://console.groq.com/keys → create your own gsk_ key
Settings → Groq → paste key (BYOK)
Chat with Llama 3.3 70B

Open console

Google Gemini

Get a Gemini key from Google AI Studio, then paste it in Verum Settings. You own the key; Verum does not issue keys.

Get your key: https://aistudio.google.com/apikey (Google AI Studio)
Verum Settings → provider Google Gemini → paste key (AIza…)
In the chat model chip, pick Gemini 3.5 Flash (or 2.5 Flash / Pro)
Docs: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models — gemini-2.0-flash is shut down
OpenAI-compat base: https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/openai/

Open console

xAI Grok

Create your key at console.x.ai and add billing as required by xAI. Paste into Verum Settings (BYOK).

https://console.x.ai → create API key and add billing as required by xAI
Settings → xAI → paste key (or XAI_API_KEY for self-host)

Open console

Perplexity Sonar — live search & deep research

Create a key at console.perplexity.ai. Sonar is web-grounded research. BYOK — you pay Perplexity; Verum is the workbench.

Open https://console.perplexity.ai and create your own API key
Add billing/credits with Perplexity (pay-per-use — you own the key)
Verum Settings → provider Perplexity (Sonar) → paste pplx-… key
Base URL defaults to https://api.perplexity.ai
Pick Sonar / Sonar Pro for current info, or Sonar Deep Research for long reports

Open console

Where to put keys

BYOK (recommended): /settings — encrypted at rest, used only for your requests.

Self-host env (operators only):

SAKANA_API_KEY=your_sakana_key
PERPLEXITY_API_KEY=pplx-...
GROQ_API_KEY=gsk_...
GEMINI_API_KEY=AIza...
XAI_API_KEY=xai-...
OPENROUTER_API_KEY=sk-or-...

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