| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | AI video-generation unit of a public short-video company |
| Parent | Kuaishou Technology |
| Country | China |
| Product | Kling AI video-generation models |
Kling AI is the AI video-generation unit of Kuaishou, the Chinese short-video platform. On July 3, 2026, Alibaba and Tencent backed Kling AI in a $2.8 billion fundraise (Source: reuters.com).
The investment places two of China's largest technology companies behind one of the country's principal AI video-generation efforts, in a product category where US competitors include OpenAI's Sora and Google's Veo (see Sora and Veo (Video Generation Models)).
Relationships
- related: Alibaba / Qwen Team — investor in the July 2026 fundraise
- related: Sora and Veo (Video Generation Models) — US competitors in AI video generation
- related: Synthetic Media / Deepfakes — video-generation models are the underlying capability