Why Pika matters
Pika is the consumer end of the AI video market, reorienting around a mobile app launched in July 2025 for social media creators. On September 17, 2026 it introduced a tool that automatically picks which model generates each element of a video, reducing the prompting required. Its last priced round, an $80 million Series B in June 2024, valued it at $470 million.
The numberLaunched a tool on September 17, 2026 that auto-selects models to speed up AI video creation
On The All Things AI 100
Listed under Image, video, voice, and music. Generative media companies.
Quick answers
- What does Pika do?
- Consumer-focused AI video generator with a mobile app aimed at short-form social content. Pika is the consumer end of the AI video market, reorienting around a mobile app launched in July 2025 for social media creators.
- What AI capabilities does Pika offer?
- Pika offers a consumer-focused AI video generator on the web and in a mobile app that creates short clips from text prompts, images, and existing video. Users can generate new scenes, extend clips, and apply visual effects and style changes for social posts. Controls cover aspect ratio, duration, and motion so content teams can produce short-form video without traditional production tools.
- Why is Pika on The All Things AI 100?
- Pika is listed under Image, video, voice, and music. Generative media companies. Launched a tool on September 17, 2026 that auto-selects models to speed up AI video creation.
- Where is Pika based, and who owns it?
- Pika is based in Palo Alto, CA, was founded in 2023 and is private, Series B.