Tom's Hardware · Reporting
Jul 23, 2026
Media Models · Private company · Growth
Pika
✓ VerifiedPika is a consumer-first video company that matters because it keeps lowering the barrier to shareable AI video creation without requiring pro tooling.
Palo Alto, USFounded 2023API accessWeekday review target
Editorial intelligence brief
Editorial focus
Pika's current web product is centered on Pika 2.5 for video creation and Pikaformance for audio-synced expressive generation.
Focus: Consumer-friendly video generation
Latest funding
$80M
Series B · source-backed
Tracked funding
$80M
Sum of itemized funding events
Latest valuation
Not tracked
No source-backed record
Latest revenue
Not tracked
Growth lifecycle position
Editorially verified updates
What changed
Pika's current web product is centered on Pika 2.5 for video creation and Pikaformance for audio-synced expressive generation.
External coverage of Pika
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Last checked Oct 18, 2026.
Source-backed financial history
Funding and financial history
Funding, valuation, revenue, and debt are kept separate so unlike measurements are never presented as one trend.
Records
1
Sum of recorded funding
$80M
Coverage
partial
Partial history: earlier or intervening rounds may be missing. The sum covers only the announcements recorded here, not lifetime funding. Announced commitments may be paid over time; this is not a cash balance. Dates show announcements or first public reports, which can follow the investment itself.
One funding announcement recorded. More dated rounds are needed to show funding over time.
#1
Series B · $80M
Running tracked total: $80M
#1
Series B · $80M
Running tracked total: $80M
Sources and details for every recorded funding announcement, newest first.
Series B · $80M
$80M Series B.
Product surface
Products and model families
Recent models
Pika 2.5PikaformancePikaframes
Products
Pika web appPika 2.5PikaformancePikaframes
Open weights
No
API access
Yes
Review target
Weekday
Market position
Lifecycle and strategic signals
Research
Preview
Growth
Deployment
Growth: Public access & scaling
Focus
Consumer-friendly video generation
Signals
VideoConsumerFast product loops
Taxonomy
Vertical + EnterpriseVideo
Competitive context
OpenAISynthesiaRunway
Infrastructure & distribution
Where Pika sits in the AI stack
01
Model layer
3 tracked model families
02
Access layer
Managed API
03
Market layer
Media Models
Public product surface
Pika web appPika 2.5PikaformancePikaframes
Stack signals
VideoConsumerFast product loops
This section reflects publicly visible product and access signals. Undisclosed GPU, cloud, training, and data-center contracts are not inferred.
Evidence trail
Sources and corrections
Primary and public sources used to verify the structured company profile.
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