diff --git a/routstr/upstream/__init__.py b/routstr/upstream/__init__.py
index edac0020..85d094e8 100644
--- a/routstr/upstream/__init__.py
+++ b/routstr/upstream/__init__.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from .ppqai import PPQAIUpstreamProvider
 from .routstr import RoutstrUpstreamProvider
 from .tinfoil import TinfoilUpstreamProvider
 from .typesafe import TypeSafeUpstreamProvider
+from .venice import VeniceUpstreamProvider
 from .xai import XAIUpstreamProvider
 
 upstream_provider_classes: list[type[BaseUpstreamProvider]] = [
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ upstream_provider_classes: list[type[BaseUpstreamProvider]] = [
     RoutstrUpstreamProvider,
     TinfoilUpstreamProvider,
     TypeSafeUpstreamProvider,
+    VeniceUpstreamProvider,
     XAIUpstreamProvider,
 ]
 """List of all upstream classes"""
diff --git a/routstr/upstream/venice.py b/routstr/upstream/venice.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5949c205
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routstr/upstream/venice.py
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
+
+import httpx
+
+from ..core.logging import get_logger
+from ..payment.models import Architecture, Model, Pricing, TopProvider
+from .base import BaseUpstreamProvider
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from ..core.db import UpstreamProviderRow
+
+logger = get_logger(__name__)
+
+# ``GET /models`` defaults to ``type=text``, which is why a Venice account
+# configured as a generic upstream never sees the rest of its catalog.
+_MODELS_TYPE_PARAM = "all"
+
+# Families this proxy can both route and price. Image, audio, music and video
+# are billed per clip or per second and return no usage object to settle
+# against, so exposing them would hand out unpriced inference.
+_SUPPORTED_TYPES = frozenset({"text", "embedding"})
+
+# Venice prices text in USD per million tokens; Routstr prices per token.
+_USD_PER_MILLION = 1_000_000.0
+
+_ARCHITECTURES: dict[str, tuple[str, list[str], list[str]]] = {
+    "text": ("text->text", ["text"], ["text"]),
+    "embedding": ("text->embedding", ["text"], ["embedding"]),
+}
+
+
+def _usd(entry: Any) -> float | None:
+    """Read the USD leg of a Venice ``{usd, diem}`` price pair."""
+    if isinstance(entry, dict):
+        value = entry.get("usd")
+        if isinstance(value, (int, float)) and not isinstance(value, bool):
+            return float(value)
+    return None
+
+
+class VeniceUpstreamProvider(BaseUpstreamProvider):
+    """Upstream provider for the Venice.ai API.
+
+    Venice publishes a complete price book on its own catalog, so models are
+    built from that rather than matched against OpenRouter, which has never
+    heard of most of Venice's catalog.
+    """
+
+    provider_type = "venice"
+    default_base_url = "https://api.venice.ai/api/v1"
+    platform_url = "https://venice.ai/settings/api"
+
+    def __init__(self, api_key: str, provider_fee: float = 1.01):
+        super().__init__(
+            base_url=self.default_base_url, api_key=api_key, provider_fee=provider_fee
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _build_from_row(
+        cls, provider_row: "UpstreamProviderRow"
+    ) -> "VeniceUpstreamProvider":
+        return cls(
+            api_key=provider_row.api_key,
+            provider_fee=provider_row.provider_fee,
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_provider_metadata(cls) -> dict[str, object]:
+        return {
+            "id": cls.provider_type,
+            "name": "Venice AI",
+            "default_base_url": cls.default_base_url,
+            "fixed_base_url": True,
+            "platform_url": cls.platform_url,
+        }
+
+    def transform_model_name(self, model_id: str) -> str:
+        return model_id.removeprefix("venice/")
+
+    async def _fetch_provider_models(self) -> dict:
+        url = f"{self.base_url.rstrip('/')}/models"
+        headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {self.api_key}"} if self.api_key else None
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=30.0) as client:
+            response = await client.get(
+                url, params={"type": _MODELS_TYPE_PARAM}, headers=headers
+            )
+            response.raise_for_status()
+            return response.json()
+
+    async def fetch_models(self) -> list[Model]:
+        try:
+            payload = await self._fetch_provider_models()
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(
+                "Error fetching Venice models",
+                extra={"error": str(e), "error_type": type(e).__name__},
+            )
+            return []
+
+        models: list[Model] = []
+        skipped: list[str] = []
+        for entry in payload.get("data", []):
+            if not isinstance(entry, dict):
+                continue
+            try:
+                model = self._parse_model(entry)
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.warning(
+                    "Failed to parse Venice model",
+                    extra={
+                        "model_id": entry.get("id", "unknown"),
+                        "error": str(e),
+                        "error_type": type(e).__name__,
+                    },
+                )
+                continue
+            if model is None:
+                skipped.append(str(entry.get("id", "unknown")))
+                continue
+            models.append(model)
+
+        if skipped:
+            logger.debug(
+                f"({len(skipped)}) Venice models skipped as unsupported or unpriced",
+                extra={"skipped_models": skipped},
+            )
+        return models
+
+    def _parse_model(self, entry: dict[str, Any]) -> Model | None:
+        model_type = entry.get("type")
+        model_id = entry.get("id")
+        spec = entry.get("model_spec")
+        if not model_id or model_type not in _SUPPORTED_TYPES:
+            return None
+        if not isinstance(spec, dict) or spec.get("offline"):
+            return None
+
+        pricing = self._parse_pricing(spec.get("pricing"))
+        if pricing is None:
+            return None
+
+        modality, input_modalities, output_modalities = _ARCHITECTURES[str(model_type)]
+        capabilities = spec.get("capabilities")
+        if (
+            model_type == "text"
+            and isinstance(capabilities, dict)
+            and capabilities.get("supportsVision")
+        ):
+            input_modalities = [*input_modalities, "image"]
+            modality = "text+image->text"
+
+        context_length = spec.get("availableContextTokens")
+        max_completion_tokens = spec.get("maxCompletionTokens")
+        name = spec.get("name") or str(model_id)
+
+        return Model(
+            id=str(model_id),
+            name=str(name),
+            created=int(entry.get("created") or 0),
+            description=str(spec.get("description") or f"Venice {model_type} model"),
+            context_length=int(context_length) if context_length else 0,
+            architecture=Architecture(
+                modality=modality,
+                input_modalities=input_modalities,
+                output_modalities=output_modalities,
+                tokenizer="Unknown",
+                instruct_type=None,
+            ),
+            pricing=pricing,
+            top_provider=TopProvider(
+                context_length=int(context_length) if context_length else None,
+                max_completion_tokens=int(max_completion_tokens)
+                if max_completion_tokens
+                else None,
+            ),
+        )
+
+    def _parse_pricing(self, raw: Any) -> Pricing | None:
+        if not isinstance(raw, dict):
+            return None
+
+        # The ``extended`` tier some models charge past a context threshold is
+        # ignored: billing it would overcharge every request staying under it.
+        input_usd = _usd(raw.get("input"))
+        if input_usd is None:
+            return None
+        return Pricing(
+            prompt=input_usd / _USD_PER_MILLION,
+            completion=(_usd(raw.get("output")) or 0.0) / _USD_PER_MILLION,
+            input_cache_read=(_usd(raw.get("cache_input")) or 0.0) / _USD_PER_MILLION,
+            input_cache_write=(_usd(raw.get("cache_write")) or 0.0) / _USD_PER_MILLION,
+        )
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_upstream_venice.py b/tests/unit/test_upstream_venice.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1c6223a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_upstream_venice.py
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+"""Unit tests for ``VeniceUpstreamProvider.fetch_models``.
+
+Venice answers ``/models`` with only its text catalog unless ``type`` is
+passed, which is why the same account configured as a generic upstream sees a
+different catalog. These tests pin that query parameter, the per-token pricing
+shape, and the families dropped as unpriceable.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Any
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+import pytest
+
+from routstr.upstream.venice import VeniceUpstreamProvider
+
+
+class _FakeResponse:
+    def __init__(self, payload: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+        self._payload = payload
+
+    def raise_for_status(self) -> None:
+        return None
+
+    def json(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return self._payload
+
+
+class _FakeAsyncClient:
+    def __init__(self, payload: dict[str, Any], calls: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> None:
+        self._payload = payload
+        self._calls = calls
+
+    async def __aenter__(self) -> "_FakeAsyncClient":
+        return self
+
+    async def __aexit__(self, *_: object) -> None:
+        return None
+
+    async def get(
+        self,
+        url: str,
+        params: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+        headers: dict[str, str] | None = None,
+    ) -> _FakeResponse:
+        self._calls.append({"url": url, "params": params, "headers": headers})
+        return _FakeResponse(self._payload)
+
+
+CATALOG: dict[str, Any] = {
+    "object": "list",
+    "data": [
+        {
+            "id": "venice-uncensored-1-2",
+            "type": "text",
+            "created": 1727966436,
+            "model_spec": {
+                "name": "Venice Uncensored 1.2",
+                "availableContextTokens": 128000,
+                "maxCompletionTokens": 8192,
+                "capabilities": {"supportsVision": True},
+                "pricing": {
+                    "input": {"usd": 0.2, "diem": 0.2},
+                    "output": {"usd": 0.9, "diem": 0.9},
+                    "cache_input": {"usd": 0.02, "diem": 0.02},
+                    "cache_write": {"usd": 0.25, "diem": 0.25},
+                },
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "text-embedding-bge-m3",
+            "type": "embedding",
+            "created": 1727966436,
+            "model_spec": {
+                "name": "BGE m3",
+                "availableContextTokens": 8192,
+                "pricing": {"input": {"usd": 0.01, "diem": 0.01}},
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "unpriced-text",
+            "type": "text",
+            "created": 1727966436,
+            "model_spec": {"name": "Unpriced", "pricing": {}},
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "offline-model",
+            "type": "text",
+            "created": 1727966436,
+            "model_spec": {
+                "name": "Offline",
+                "offline": True,
+                "pricing": {"input": {"usd": 0.2, "diem": 0.2}},
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "venice-sd35",
+            "type": "image",
+            "created": 1727966436,
+            "model_spec": {
+                "name": "Venice SD35",
+                "pricing": {"generation": {"usd": 0.01, "diem": 0.01}},
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "flux-2-max-edit",
+            "type": "inpaint",
+            "created": 1727966436,
+            "model_spec": {
+                "name": "FLUX.2 Max Edit",
+                "pricing": {"inpaint": {"usd": 0.12, "diem": 0.12}},
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "tts-kokoro",
+            "type": "tts",
+            "created": 1727966436,
+            "model_spec": {
+                "name": "Kokoro",
+                "pricing": {"input": {"usd": 3.5, "diem": 3.5}},
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "unpriced-video",
+            "type": "video",
+            "created": 1727966436,
+            "model_spec": {"name": "Video"},
+        },
+    ],
+}
+
+
+def _fetch(payload: dict[str, Any] = CATALOG) -> tuple[list[Any], list[dict[str, Any]]]:
+    import asyncio
+
+    calls: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+    provider = VeniceUpstreamProvider(api_key="sk-test")
+    with patch(
+        "routstr.upstream.venice.httpx.AsyncClient",
+        lambda *a, **kw: _FakeAsyncClient(payload, calls),
+    ):
+        models = asyncio.run(provider.fetch_models())
+    return models, calls
+
+
+def test_requests_every_model_family() -> None:
+    _, calls = _fetch()
+    assert calls[0]["params"] == {"type": "all"}
+    assert calls[0]["url"] == "https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/models"
+    assert calls[0]["headers"] == {"Authorization": "Bearer sk-test"}
+
+
+def test_text_pricing_is_per_token() -> None:
+    models, _ = _fetch()
+    model = next(m for m in models if m.id == "venice-uncensored-1-2")
+    assert model.pricing.prompt == pytest.approx(0.2 / 1_000_000)
+    assert model.pricing.completion == pytest.approx(0.9 / 1_000_000)
+    assert model.pricing.input_cache_read == pytest.approx(0.02 / 1_000_000)
+    assert model.pricing.input_cache_write == pytest.approx(0.25 / 1_000_000)
+    assert model.context_length == 128000
+    assert model.top_provider is not None
+    assert model.top_provider.max_completion_tokens == 8192
+    assert model.architecture.input_modalities == ["text", "image"]
+    assert model.architecture.modality == "text+image->text"
+
+
+def test_embedding_models_are_listed() -> None:
+    models, _ = _fetch()
+    model = next(m for m in models if m.id == "text-embedding-bge-m3")
+    assert model.architecture.output_modalities == ["embedding"]
+    assert model.pricing.prompt == pytest.approx(0.01 / 1_000_000)
+    assert model.pricing.completion == 0.0
+
+
+def test_families_billed_per_clip_are_dropped() -> None:
+    """Image, audio and video return no usage to settle against, so listing
+    them here would hand out inference this provider cannot price."""
+    models, _ = _fetch()
+    ids = {m.id for m in models}
+    assert "venice-sd35" not in ids
+    assert "flux-2-max-edit" not in ids
+    assert "tts-kokoro" not in ids
+    assert "unpriced-video" not in ids
+
+
+def test_offline_and_unpriced_models_are_dropped() -> None:
+    models, _ = _fetch()
+    ids = {m.id for m in models}
+    assert "offline-model" not in ids
+    assert "unpriced-text" not in ids
+
+
+def test_model_name_drops_the_venice_prefix() -> None:
+    provider = VeniceUpstreamProvider(api_key="sk-test")
+    assert provider.transform_model_name("venice/venice-uncensored-1-2") == (
+        "venice-uncensored-1-2"
+    )
+    assert provider.transform_model_name("venice-uncensored-1-2") == (
+        "venice-uncensored-1-2"
+    )
+
+
+def test_provider_metadata_pins_the_base_url() -> None:
+    metadata = VeniceUpstreamProvider.get_provider_metadata()
+    assert metadata["id"] == "venice"
+    assert metadata["default_base_url"] == "https://api.venice.ai/api/v1"
+    assert metadata["fixed_base_url"] is True
+
+
+def test_fetch_returns_empty_on_upstream_failure() -> None:
+    provider = VeniceUpstreamProvider(api_key="sk-test")
+
+    with patch.object(
+        VeniceUpstreamProvider,
+        "_fetch_provider_models",
+        side_effect=RuntimeError("boom"),
+    ):
+        import asyncio
+
+        assert asyncio.run(provider.fetch_models()) == []