Pika Labs

Pika Labs is a Silicon Valley AI startup that launched one of the earliest widely-used AI video generation tools. Their Pika platform gained a large creative community early in the AI video boom, known for its approachable interface and distinctive visual output. The recognizable 'Pika look' — a slight luminous quality around subjects with characteristically smooth edges — has become familiar to anyone who has followed AI video closely. Pika 2.2 continues this tradition, targeting creative and artistic use cases more than strict photorealism.