# Pika 1.0

- Date: 2023-11-28
- Type: model
- Credit: Pika Labs
- Post: https://x.com/LinusEkenstam/status/1729527618125402308
- URL: https://aifilmhistory.org/entry/pika-1-0

Pika Labs — founded by Stanford PhD students Demi Guo and Chenlin Meng — opens early access to Pika 1.0, pairing text-, image-, and video-to-video generation with a chat-style web interface that anyone could use without a research-lab login. The launch arrives alongside a $55M funding round and quickly becomes the consumer face of AI video for late-2023, sitting next to Runway in nearly every creator's toolbox. For the AI filmmaking community, Pika was the first product that made browser-native generative video feel approachable.

Links:
- Forbes — Pika 1.0 Launch: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrickcai/2023/11/28/pika-ai-video-startup-funding-stanford-students/
- TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/28/pika-labs-launches-its-ai-video-platform/
- Linus Ekenstam's Pika 1.0 reel: https://x.com/LinusEkenstam/status/1729527618125402308

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Source: https://aifilmhistory.org/entry/pika-1-0
Era: 2023 · The Cambrian Explosion
Last updated: 2026-09-23