Pika 1.0—Raised $55M with Its Amazing Features

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Pika 1.0—Raised $55M with Its Amazing Features

The AI startup, Pika Labs is not just dipping its toes but diving headfirst into the generative video pool with its latest rollout – Pika 1.0.

This fresh face in AI editing has just bagged a cool $55 million in funding, led by some of the big sharks like Lightspeed Venture Partners. The cash injection is hot on the heels of their early access launch of Pika 1.0, boasting tools that can morph your videos into styles from anime to cinematic.

The brainchild of two former Stanford AI whiz kids, Pika is on a mission to make video creation a breeze.

With half a million users already creating millions of videos weekly, they're mixing creativity with tech in a way that's got everyone talking and filming​.

Pika's not playing it safe – they're gunning to outshine other AI video tools with nifty features in Pika 1.0. Think stretching your videos longer, jazzing them up from live-action to animated, or even throwing in a new character to spice up the scene​. l

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