Pika Labs
Pika
Pika Labs is an AI video generation company founded by Demi Guo, a Chinese-American founder who also serves as CEO . The company developed Pika, a text-to-video generation tool that became a viral sensation and raised $55 million at a valuation exceeding $200 million . Pika was among the early wave of AI video products that produced viral "blockbuster" effects, such as the inflatable and disintegration filters that circulated on Xiaohongshu . The company received early backing from AI Grant, the founder-friendly accelerator run by Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross, which provided $250,000 in compute credits and cash with no equity or board seats . Pika Labs sits alongside other Chinese-founded AI video ventures — including HeyGen, founded by Joshua Xu, and Mootion, co-founded by Tong Chao — that have attracted significant attention in the generative video space .
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