Is the author Google or Veo?

Google. Veo 3 is the model name, and it goes where the tool's name goes — not in a version parenthetical, which APA retired as a default in September 2025. Google (DeepMind) is the maker, so it's the author.

What link do I use for a Veo clip?

A share link from Gemini or Flow if available. If there's no stable URL, name Google (Veo) as the source and give the date you generated it.

Is citing Veo different from citing Sora?

Only the author and model change — Google/Veo 3 instead of OpenAI/Sora. The format and the [AI-generated video] label are the same.

How to Cite a Google Veo Video

Updated October 2026 · Reviewed October 2026

Citing a video made with Google Veo? Here's the format in APA, MLA, and Chicago.

Veo is Google's text-to-video model, so list Google as the author, describe the clip, add the [AI-generated video] label, name the model (Veo 3, say), and finish with the link.

The format

APA does not currently publish a dedicated example for this exact source type. The format below applies APA's current AI citation principles to this source.

What APA does publish is two worked AI forms: an AI tool — Google. (2025). Gemini 3 Flash [Large language model]. https://gemini.google.com — and an AI chat, which adds the day and a title and moves the tool's name after the brackets. See APA's AI references examples page and its reference-formats post and judge for yourself. The entry below is APA's chat form element for element — company, full date, a description in the title slot, a bracketed label, the tool and the link. What is ours is the label itself: [AI-generated video] appears in no APA example. APA permits the swap in so many words — "other descriptions are possible; use the description that best fits the type of AI model or tool used", and, of the chat form, "Adapt the wording within square brackets as needed" — so treat [AI-generated video] as the wording Citation[Z] chose under that permission, and use your instructor's if they prefer another.

Google → date → clip description → [AI-generated video] → Veo 3 → link. Build it in the generator under Manual Entry → AI-generated video.

APA 7

Google. (2026, April 9). A timelapse of ocean waves at golden hour [AI-generated video]. Veo 3. https://deepmind.google/models/veo/

In-text(Google, 2026)

MLA 9

"A Timelapse of Ocean Waves at Golden Hour." Veo 3, Google, 9 Apr. 2026, https://deepmind.google/models/veo/.

In-text("Timelapse of")

Chicago

Google. "A Timelapse of Ocean Waves at Golden Hour." Veo 3. April 9, 2026. https://deepmind.google/models/veo/.

In-text(Google 2026)

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Citation style

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition (2020). The 7th dropped the publisher location and the "Retrieved from" prefix that the 6th required.

What Veo is — and why citing it matters

Veo is Google DeepMind's text-to-video model, available through the Gemini app and Google's Flow filmmaking tool. It's the main rival to OpenAI's Sora, and as it lands in students' presentations and projects, it needs the same disclosure and citation any generated media does.

The clip has no human filmmaker, so the citation records which model produced it, and when.

Veo-specific tips

Author is Google, with the model named — Veo 3, not "Veo, version 3". The whole string is the model name, and APA asks for the model rather than a version: it retired the version parenthetical as a default in September 2025.
Where you made it matters for the link — via the Gemini app or Flow; use the share link if there is one, otherwise name Google/Veo and the date.
Keep your prompt in a note; put a short description in the title.
Same shape as Sora — see how to cite Sora and the AI-video pillar.

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Frequently asked questions

Is the author Google or Veo?: Google. Veo 3 is the model name, and it goes where the tool's name goes — not in a version parenthetical, which APA retired as a default in September 2025. Google (DeepMind) is the maker, so it's the author.
What link do I use for a Veo clip?: A share link from Gemini or Flow if available. If there's no stable URL, name Google (Veo) as the source and give the date you generated it.
Is citing Veo different from citing Sora?: Only the author and model change — Google/Veo 3 instead of OpenAI/Sora. The format and the [AI-generated video] label are the same.

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