# Pika

> Pika is a San Francisco-based generative AI company building a consumer video platform that turns text, images, and clips into short cinematic videos. Founded in 2023 by Stanford AI Lab alumni Demi Guo and Chenlin Meng, Pika has shipped a string of fast-iterating model releases (Pika 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2) and viral features like Pikaffects, Scene Ingredients, and Pikaframes. The company has raised roughly $135M from Spark Capital, Lightspeed, Greycroft, and others.

- **Founded:** 2023
- **Headquarters:** Palo Alto, California, United States
- **Founders:** Demi Guo (Co-founder & CEO), Chenlin Meng (Co-founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~110 employees
- **Products:** Pika 2.2, Pikaframes, Scene Ingredients, Pikaffects, Pika API
- **Notable:** Raised ~$135M in 18 months as a first-time founder duo, Shipped five major model versions between late 2023 and early 2025, Pikaffects went viral on X and TikTok, becoming a creator-economy meme template

## Products & services

- **Pika 2.2** — Flagship text-to-video and image-to-video model with 1080p output and clips up to 10 seconds long.
- **Pikaframes** — Keyframe transition feature that interpolates between two images to generate smooth motion sequences up to 10 seconds.
- **Scene Ingredients** — Lets users supply specific people, objects, and locations as inputs the model has to faithfully feature in the output.
- **Pikaffects** — Library of one-click physics-defying effects (crush it, melt it, inflate it, cake-ify it) that turned the product into a meme machine.
- **Pika API** — Programmatic access to Pika's video models for developers, agencies, and platform partners.

## Achievements

- Raised ~$135M in 18 months as a first-time founder duo
- Shipped five major model versions between late 2023 and early 2025
- Pikaffects went viral on X and TikTok, becoming a creator-economy meme template
- Pika 2.2 brought 1080p output and 10-second clips to consumer AI video

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — Released Pika 2.2 with 1080p, 10-second clips and Pikaframes keyframe transitions.
- **2024-12** — Released Pika 2.0 with Scene Ingredients - user-supplied characters, objects, and locations.
- **2024-06** — Closed $80M Series B led by Spark Capital at a ~$470M valuation.
- **2023-11** — Came out of stealth with the Pika 1.0 web platform and a combined $55M raise.

## Links

- Website: https://pika.art
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pika-labs
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/pika_labs
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@pika_labs
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pikalabs/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/pikalabs/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pikalabs

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Last updated: 2026-05-19