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- Text/image-to-video generation - 5B parameter model - Up to 10 seconds, 24 FPS, 1280x720 - Apache 2.0 License - Copyright 2025 Zen Research Authors Model files hosted on HuggingFace: huggingface.co/zenlm/zen-director-5b
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# Zen Research Authors
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## Organization Structure
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**Zen Research** is a multi-organizational decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) operating under **Zoo Labs Inc**, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California, dedicated to open AI research that is environmentally friendly and sustainable.
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## Mission
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Zen Research is committed to developing open-source, eco-friendly AI technologies that advance the state of the art in multimodal AI while minimizing environmental impact and maximizing accessibility.
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## Core Values
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- **Open Science**: All research and models are open-source under Apache 2.0
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- **Environmental Responsibility**: Focus on efficient, eco-friendly AI models
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- **Accessibility**: Models designed for edge devices to production-scale deployment
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- **Transparency**: Open research process and community collaboration
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- **Innovation**: Pushing boundaries of hypermodal AI capabilities
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## Organizational Affiliations
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### Zoo Labs Inc (Parent Organization)
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- **Type**: 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization
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- **Location**: San Francisco, California, USA
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- **Mission**: Advancing open AI research for the benefit of humanity
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- **Focus Areas**:
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- Digital animal twins and conservation AI
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- Human AI clones for medical research and education
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- Environmental sustainability in AI
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- Open-source AI infrastructure
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### Zen Research DAO
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- **Type**: Decentralized Autonomous Organization
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- **Governance**: Multi-stakeholder community governance
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- **Structure**: Decentralized research collective
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- **Contributors**: Researchers, engineers, and scientists worldwide
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## Contributing Organizations
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The Zen Research ecosystem is supported by contributions from:
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- Academic institutions
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- Research laboratories
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- Independent researchers
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- Open-source community contributors
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- Industry partners committed to open AI
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## Model Family
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The Zen AI model family represents collaborative efforts across multiple organizations:
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### Language Models
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- **zen-nano** (0.6B): Edge-optimized language model
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- **zen-eco** (4B): Efficient instruction-following models
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- **zen-agent** (4B): Tool-calling and function execution
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### 3D & World Generation
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- **zen-3d** (3.3B): Controllable 3D asset generation
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- **zen-voyager**: Camera-controlled world exploration
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- **zen-world**: Large-scale world simulation
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### Video Generation
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- **zen-director** (5B): Text/image-to-video synthesis
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- **zen-video**: Professional video generation
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- **zen-video-i2v**: Image-to-video animation
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### Audio Generation
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- **zen-musician** (7B): Music generation from lyrics
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- **zen-foley**: Video-to-audio Foley sound effects
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### Infrastructure
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- **zen-gym**: Unified training platform
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- **zen-engine**: High-performance inference engine
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## Credits and Acknowledgments
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Zen Research builds upon and acknowledges the groundbreaking work of:
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- **Qwen Team** (Alibaba): Base language model architectures
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- **YuE Team** (HKUST/M-A-P): Music generation foundations (zen-musician)
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- **LLaMA Factory** (hiyouga): Training infrastructure (zen-gym)
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- **mistral.rs** (Eric Buehler): Inference engine (zen-engine)
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- **Tencent Hunyuan Team**: Multimodal generation models
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- Hunyuan3D-Omni (zen-3d)
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- HunyuanWorld-Voyager (zen-voyager)
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- HunyuanWorld-1.0 (zen-world)
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- HunyuanVideo (zen-video)
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- HunyuanVideo-I2V (zen-video-i2v)
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- HunyuanVideo-Foley (zen-foley)
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## License
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All Zen Research projects are released under the **Apache License 2.0**, promoting open collaboration and commercial use while protecting contributors.
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## Contact
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- **Organization**: Zoo Labs Inc / Zen Research DAO
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- **GitHub**: https://github.com/zenlm
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- **HuggingFace**: https://huggingface.co/zenlm
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- **Location**: San Francisco, California, USA
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- **Type**: 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization
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## Contributing
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We welcome contributions from researchers, engineers, and AI enthusiasts worldwide. See individual project repositories for contribution guidelines.
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## Funding and Support
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Zen Research operates as a non-profit initiative under Zoo Labs Inc (501(c)(3)), relying on:
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- Charitable donations and grants
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- Academic partnerships
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- Community contributions
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- Sustainable compute partnerships
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All funds support open AI research, infrastructure, and environmental sustainability initiatives.
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---
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**Copyright 2025 Zen Research Authors**
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Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 |