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Pika

What Pika does

Pika (operating entity: Mellis, Inc.) is a consumer generative video company behind the idea-to-video platform at pika.art. The company’s core product is an app/workflow that lets users create short videos from prompts (text and images) and then iteratively refine or extend outputs using editing-style controls in its interface. In 2026, Pika expanded beyond pure video generation toward agent-driven and multi-modal creative workflows, including an “agent-native” API offering and tools presented as experiments—such as an agent-driven editing workflow (“Director’s Suite”), media-effect generation for photos (“Pikaffects”), and agent skill/skills distribution via a Model Context Protocol (MCP) layer (“Pika MCP”).

News

Company record

Aug 18, 2026 · Official · Pika BlogIntroducing Pika Soundtrack, Pika Music, Pika SFX, and Pika Speech (audio model family)

Pika announced a family of audio models: “Pika Speech” (text-to-speech), “Pika SFX” (sound effects), “Pika Music” (music generation), and “Pika Soundtrack” (video-to-synchronized soundscapes), positioning them as part of a broader real-time generation stack.

Aug 18, 2026 · Official · Pika BlogSay Hello to Pika Speech

Pika introduced “Pika Speech,” described as a text-to-speech model that clones a voice from reference audio and runs with low real-time factor, and positioned it as a foundation for synchronized audiovisual generation.

Aug 05, 2026 · Official · Pika BlogWelcome to the Pika API Club

Pika launched an API membership platform described as giving builders access to 100+ models across modalities with pricing positioned as up to 88% cheaper than other API aggregators.

May 28, 2026 · Official · Pika BlogGet Your Product Out There (Pika MCP “Founder Starter Kit”)

Pika described a “Founder Starter Kit” for its Pika MCP that includes specialized skills aimed at helping technical founders generate brand/app-store assets and related launch content.

May 26, 2026 · Official · Pika BlogEvery Breakthrough Starts With an Experiment (Pika workshop open)

Pika opened up “the Pika workshop,” sharing early experiments, prototypes, and tools for creators/builders to try and remix.

Apr 10, 2026 · Official · Pika BlogYour Pika Agent Just Got a Job

Pika announced a change aimed at letting Pika Agents earn real money via transactions and the use of skills, framing it as agent “earning” tied to interactions.

Apr 02, 2026 · Official · Pika BlogIntroducing Real-Time Video Chat for Agents

Pika introduced “real-time video chat” for agents, presented as a face-to-face interaction mode with AI agents.

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Funding

Latest disclosed valuation$470M
Tracked capital$130M3 sourced rounds

What it builds

Pika (consumer web app)

The pika.art platform for creating AI videos through a generation-and-editing workflow presented as “Pika Universe,” including a video generator (“Generate”) and access to creative experiments such as agent-driven creation.

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Pika Agent

An agent experience presented on the Pika site and experiments section, described as a collaborative creative partner that can access multiple models via conversational interaction.

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Pika MCP

An MCP layer presented as giving agents creative capabilities, including “Pika MCP” for model/media generation and ready-to-run skills for turning ideas into launch videos and other assets.

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Pika API Club

A membership-style API offering described as providing access (via a single API key) to 100+ models across video, image, audio, speech, and LLMs, positioned as reducing markups versus other API aggregation platforms.

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Pikaffects

A photo-to-video effects app presented as “Pikaffects,” positioned around turning photos into effect-driven, reality-bending videos.

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Pika Director Suite

An early experiment in agent-driven video editing that combines and understands elements of a video project, using chat/voice to generate storyboards and clips and then edit via an AI timeline interface.

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Pika Soundtrack / Pika Music / Pika SFX / Pika Speech

A family of audio models announced together, including a video-to-synchronized soundtrack model (“Soundtrack”), a music generation model (“Music”), a sound-effects model (“SFX”), and a real-time text-to-speech model (“Speech”).

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Milestones & partnerships