Pika Blog · May 2026
Pika added a Founder Starter Kit to Pika MCP, including brand, app store screenshot, app sizzle video, and founder video skills for product launch marketing.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 16, 2026
Overview
Pika is an AI video generation platform (idea-to-video) that helps users create and edit videos with generative AI. The company’s public materials also describe it as a product for making video on command and, more recently, an API platform for gen-media models.
Primary product
AI video generation and editing platform; Pika API
Founded
2023
Headquarters
Palo Alto, California, United States
Team size
51-200
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
Generative AI / AI video creation
Offices
Mountain View, California, United States
Business model
consumer app/subscription
API usage-based pricing
enterprise/creator tools
Funding
People & investors
Leadership
Demi Guo
CEO & Co-founder
Chenlin Meng
Co-founder
Madi Khamitbekov
Head of Engineering
Matan Cohen Grumi
Founding Creative Director
Ke Wang
Applied Research Lead
Siqi He
Head of Core Product
Chenghao Li
Fundamental Research Lead
Work & culture
Public sources emphasize creativity, community, and rapid product iteration. Pika’s blog and funding announcement mention building for creators and shipping first-to-market features; public culture/benefits details were not found.
Compensation
No public compensation bands were found. Public hiring/employee evidence does not disclose salary ranges.
Product & market
Pricing
Publicly visible signals indicate free-to-start consumer access plus paid/API membership pricing; Pika API Club was promoted as a $10/month membership with model discounts and platform fee.
Differentiators
- —idea-to-video workflow
- —fast feature shipping and creator-focused product
- —combination of consumer app and API access
- —positioning around making video creation accessible on command
- —strong investor backing and community-led launch
Technology
tensorflow
python
kubernetes
pytorch
typescript
jupyter
javascript
react
angular
vue.js
google cloud
sql
java
swift
kotlin
figma
adobe
greenhouse
linkedin recruiter
Customers
creators
video makers
consumers using the app
developers using the Pika API
Competitors
Runway
OpenAI Sora
Google video generation tools
Luma AI
Stable Video
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
Very low / pre-scale; Exa estimated annual revenue at about $33.4K, which likely reflects limited public web-model inference and should be treated as highly uncertain.
Estimated monthly visits
2.2M
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Latest news
Pika Blog · Apr 2026
Pika unveiled PikaStream1.0, a real-time visual engine for AI agents that supports face-to-face conversations, 24 FPS output, and roughly 1.5-second end-to-end latency.
Bloomberg · Jun 2024
Confirms the $80M round and notes a $470M valuation and total funding of $135M.
Pika · Jun 2024
Official fundraising announcement for Pika’s $80M Series B, bringing total funding to $135M.
The Washington Post · Jun 2024
Covers the $80M round and Pika’s positioning in the competitive AI video market.
Jobs and careers at Pika
12 jobs at Pika
Head of Engineer, Product
On-site
Engineering
Palo Alto HQ; Palo Alto, California, United States
3d ago
On-site
Full-time
Principal Engineer, Product
On-site
Engineering
Palo Alto HQ; Palo Alto, California, United States
3d ago
On-site
Full-time
Senior/Staff Engineer, Product
On-site
Engineering
Palo Alto HQ; Palo Alto, California, United States
3d ago
On-site
Full-time
Head of Finance
On-site
Operations
Palo Alto HQ; Palo Alto, California, United States
2w ago
On-site
Full-time
Founding GTM
On-site
Business
Palo Alto HQ; Palo Alto, California, United States
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Research Intern (BS/MS/PhD)
On-site
Research
Palo Alto HQ
2mo ago
On-site
Internship
Product Manager
On-site
Product
Palo Alto HQ
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Product Manager, Growth
On-site
Product
Palo Alto HQ
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Research Scientist, Data
On-site
Research
Palo Alto HQ
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Software Engineer, Backend
On-site
Engineering
Palo Alto HQ
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
ML Engineer, Inference & Optimization
On-site
Research
Palo Alto HQ
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Multimodal LLM Researcher (MLLM)
On-site
Research
Palo Alto HQ
4mo ago
On-site
Full-time