| 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. It is among the largest AI video-generation businesses by disclosed revenue, and on July 3, 2026 Alibaba and Tencent backed it in a $2.8 billion fundraise (Source: reuters.com).
Snapshot
Revenue
| Date | Value | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-Q1 (reported 2026-05-27) | 650 million yuan quarterly revenue; ARR ~US$500M | Kling revenue rose more than 300% year over year; Kuaishou total Q1 revenue 33.7 billion yuan (US$5B), quarterly profit 3.4 billion yuan (down 26% year over year, above analyst expectations of 3 billion yuan); full-year capital expenditure expected at 26 billion yuan | (Source: scmp.com) |
| 2025-12 | ARR exceeded US$240M | Per Kuaishou's investor-relations release | (Source: ir.kuaishou.com) |
Business
Kling's annualized revenue run rate roughly doubled between December 2025 (above US$240 million, per Kuaishou's investor-relations release) and the first quarter of 2026 (approximately US$500 million, per the South China Morning Post's report on Kuaishou's May 27, 2026 results). In the same results, Kuaishou said Kling claimed the top App Store position in 42 markets, including Brazil and Germany, and chief executive Cheng Yixiao said Kling found application in marketing, film, television, short drama, and games (Source: scmp.com).
July 2026 fundraise
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, Tencent / Hunyuan — investors 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