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Pika Labs

Application

AI video generation platform for creative video content.

Total funding$135M

Valuation$470M

Employees13

Founded2023

HeadquartersPalo Alto, USA

StatusPrivate

Products

Selected offerings — the AI products recorded here, not the vendor's full catalogue.

• Pika Application Sold on its own

  Generates and edits short video clips from text prompts and still images.

• Pika API API service Sold on its own

  Pika's developer API, offering a range of generative video and image models through one endpoint at published per-generation rates.

Inside Pika

• Pika Agent AI agent

  Experimental agentic AI feature from Pika Labs, accessible via the iOS app.

• Pika AI Trendmaker Application

  Experimental trend-based video generation feature from Pika Labs, accessible via the iOS app.

• Pikaffects Application

  Creates "unreal effects" on photos and videos; an experimental feature accessible via the iOS app.

Closest alternatives 2

LLLuma LabsPrivate · $3.9BLuma's own comparison page gives task-based guidance for choosing Luma or Pika depending on whether the work needs fast iteration or a connected campaign.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleSourced competitorCreate images and videoCompareKKuaishouPublic · $18.6BNamed in the same 5-tool comparison article as Pika for AI video generation.3 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleSourced competitorCreate images and videoCompare

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HAHalo AIPrivatePika AI Trendmaker and Halo AI do comparable work on image editing and video generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Halo AI's scale not recorded.3 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareKKreaPrivate · $83M raisedPika AI Trendmaker and Krea do comparable work on image editing and video generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; same layer and the same scale band (early-stage private).3 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompareLLeonardo.AiAcquired ($31M deal)Pika AI Trendmaker and Leonardo AI do comparable work on image editing and video generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Leonardo.Ai is acquired, with no independent scale.3 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareLLightricksPrivate · $335M raisedPika and LTX Studio do comparable work on video generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; similar scale (private).3 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSSynthesiaPrivate · $4BPika and Synthesia API do comparable work on video generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (private).1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareHHiggsfieldPrivate · $1.3BPika AI Trendmaker and Higgsfield do comparable work on image editing and video generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (private).3 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareIInVideoPrivate · $52.5M raisedPika and invideo AI do comparable work on video generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; same layer and the same scale band (early-stage private).1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompareFFigmaPublic · $14.4BPika and Figma Weave do comparable work on video generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (public).3 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareRRecraftPrivate · $42M raisedPika API and Recraft API do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; similar scale (private).2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMMidjourneyPrivate · $0 raisedPika AI Trendmaker and Midjourney do comparable work on image editing; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareAAArtisse AIPrivate · $6.7M raisedPika AI Trendmaker and Artisse do comparable work on image editing; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; similar scale (private).2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeComparePPhotoroomPrivate · $500MPika AI Trendmaker and Photoroom AI Fashion Models do comparable work on image editing; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; same layer and the same scale band (early-stage private).2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompareRRunwayPrivate · $5.3BPika AI Trendmaker and Runway do comparable work on image editing and video generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (private).3 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareCCaptionsPrivate · $500MPika and AI Twin do comparable work on video generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; same layer and the same scale band (early-stage private).1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompareCCanvaPrivate · $42BPika AI Trendmaker and Background Remover do comparable work on image editing; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (private).3 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareAAdobePublic · $115.9BPika AI Trendmaker and Adobe Firefly do comparable work on image editing and video generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (public).3 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareDD-IDPrivatePika and Creative Reality Studio do comparable work on video generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; D-ID's scale not recorded.1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareHOHour OnePrivatePika and Reals do comparable work on video generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Hour One's scale not recorded.1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareCColossyanPrivatePika Agent and Cora do comparable work on video generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Colossyan's scale not recorded.1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareNNeuralGaragePrivate · $1.5M raisedPika and VisualDub do comparable work on video generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; similar scale (private).1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareAApplePublic · $4.6TPika and Image Playground both serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (public).2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareHHeyGenPrivate · $500MPika and HeyGen Video Translator do comparable work on video generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; same layer and the same scale band (early-stage private).1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompareMMiniMaxPublic · $12.6BPika and Hailuo AI do comparable work on video generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (public).3 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareBFBlack Forest LabsPrivate · $3.3BPika AI Trendmaker and Playground do comparable work on image editing; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (private).3 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareIIdeogramPrivatePika and Ideogram 4.0 both serve buyers who need to create images and video; Ideogram's scale not recorded.1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareBByteDancePrivatePika AI Trendmaker and Dreamina do comparable work on image editing and video generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (private).3 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareEElevenLabsPrivate · $11BPika API and Image to Video AI Conversion do comparable work on image generation and video generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (private).3 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareXxAIAcquired ($230B deal)Pika API and Grok Imagine API do comparable work on image generation and video generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; xAI is acquired, with no independent scale.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareKKlaviyoPublic · $5.5BPika AI Trendmaker and Klaviyo Image Remix do comparable work on image editing; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (public).2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareFFalPrivatePika API and fal Agent do comparable work on image generation and video generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Fal's scale not recorded.2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareGGensparkPrivate · $645M raisedPika Agent and Genspark do comparable work on video generation; similar scale (private).2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSAStability AIPrivate · $495.9MPika and Brand Studio do comparable work on video generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; same layer and the same scale band (early-stage private).2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompareDDecartPrivate · $4BPika AI Trendmaker and Delulu (by Decart) do comparable work on image editing; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (private).2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareRReplitPrivate · $9BPika API and Replit Design do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (private).1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareSShopifyPublic · $196.7BPika AI Trendmaker and Sidekick do comparable work on image editing; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (public).1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareTTypefacePrivatePika and Typeface Prompt both serve buyers who need to create images and video; Typeface's scale not recorded.1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareYYandexPublicPika and Alice AI both serve buyers who need to create images and video; Yandex's scale not recorded.1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareKKakaoPublic · $16BPika and Kanana both serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (public).1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleComparePPictoryPrivatePika and Pictory AI Studio do comparable work on video generation; Pictory's scale not recorded.1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareAAlphabet (Google)Public · $4.2TPika API and Google Flow do comparable work on image generation and video generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (public).2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareJJasperPrivatePika and Jasper both serve buyers who need to create images and video; Jasper's scale not recorded.1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareIIntelPublic · $463.7BPika and Intel AI Playground do comparable work on video generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (public).2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareCCivitaiPrivate · $5.1M raisedPika API and Civitai API do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; similar scale (private).1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSESamsung ElectronicsPublic · $1.2TPika AI Trendmaker and Galaxy AI do comparable work on image editing; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (public).1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareZZ.ai (Zhipu AI)Public · $58.6BPika API and Z.ai Model API do comparable work on image generation and video generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (public).2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareSStepFunPrivate · $10BPika API and StepFun Open Platform do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (private).1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareBBaiduPublic · $31.6BPika and Baidu Wenxin Assistant both serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (public).1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareAAlibabaPublic · $273.4BPika and Quark both serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (public).1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareNCNAVER CloudPrivatePika API and Papago Image Translation both serve buyers who need to create images and video; NAVER Cloud's scale not recorded.1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSSenseTimePublic · $7.7BPika and Seko Agent do comparable work on video generation; larger scale (public).2 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareMPMeta PlatformsPublic · $1.5TPika and Meta AI both serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (public).1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareOOpenAIPrivate · $852BPika and ChatGPT both serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (private).1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareRRunPodPrivatePika API and Public Endpoints do comparable work on image generation and video generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; RunPod's scale not recorded; ships developer tool, infrastructure service and 2 more rather than the same layer.2 of 3 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareHCHuawei CloudPrivatePika and MetaStudio do comparable work on video generation; Huawei Cloud's scale not recorded.1 of 3 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare

Closest alternatives are pairs a vendor page itself compares. Similar products are matched from what each product does; nothing in that group is asserted as a rivalry.

Sources

Total funding

News reporting · 5 Jun 2024

Spark Capital, Jared Leto Back AI Video Startup Pika, Bloomberg, June 5, 2024. Read via stockanalysis.com's citation for this figure on 2026-08-27.

Valuation

News reporting · 5 Jun 2024

Spark Capital, Jared Leto Back AI Video Startup Pika, Bloomberg, 2024-06-05. post-money valuation of the round dated 2024-06-05. Read via stockanalysis.com's citation for this figure on 2026-08-27.

Employees

News reporting · Apr 2025

Forbes company profile for Pika, "Employees" stated as of April 2025. Read 2026-08-27.

Founded

News reporting · 11 Sep 2026

No standalone Wikipedia article; TechCrunch's Nov 28, 2023 funding piece places its stealth emergence ~6 months earlier (mid-2023), corroborated by Tracxn/Inc./VnExpress.

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