AI video

Google said the model can use image, audio, and short motion references.

The funding news came during Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s visit to Kazakhstan.

Kling 4.0 can generate video clips of up to 30 seconds. Kling reportedly raised US$2.8 billion in July at a valuation of about US$18 billion.

With the microdrama industry set to rake in US$11 billion by late 2026, AI studios from China to India are racing to secure global dominance.

Vidu offers text-to-video generation through subscriptions and an API for businesses and developers.

Pixo automates the tedious AI video workflow, helping non-video natives create complete stories through a simple chat interface.

ByteDance’s video generation model is winning enterprise customers. Whether that turns into real cloud revenue is a different question.

Kuaishou described Kling AI, launched in June 2024, as an independent AI product for video generation.

Today’s issue dives into SG-based Video Rebirth and its world model ambition. Also, a look into the alumni networks powering SEA’s AI startups.

Chinese tech groups including ByteDance, Alibaba, and Kuaishou have been pulled into the race for AI video tools.