PixVerse
Category: Generative Media (Image / Video)
Singapore-based AI video generation platform building frontier video models and world models for consumer and enterprise use. PixVerse was founded in 2023. The company is led by Wang Changhu (王长虎). Based in Singapore, Singapore. Team size: 101-500. Total funding raised: $439M. Latest round: Series C. Key investors include Alibaba, CDH Investments, Antler, Ant Group, iGlobe Partners, Lion X Ventures (OCBC), UOB Venture Management, Lollapalooza Capital, Ivy Capital, Grand Mount Capital, Eastern Bell Capital, Mirae Asset.
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- Singapore, Singapore
- Team size
- 101-500
- Total funding
- $439M
Value proposition
Democratizing AI video creation by enabling anyone to generate cinematic-quality videos from text, images, or clips with near real-time speed, native audio, and multi-shot storytelling.
Products and solutions
V-Series (consumer video model, API), C-Series (professional film/commercial workflows), R-Series (world models for game dev and world building), PixVerse Agent (conversational AI video creation), MultiShot (multi-angle storytelling), Lip Sync & Audio, Character Reference, AI Templates, API Platform, Marketing Hub, Canvas
Unique value
Proprietary Diffusion Transformer architecture with superior data labeling expertise (from ByteDance/TikTok heritage); real-time interactive video generation (R1 world model); industry-leading cost-performance at $4.80/min; native audio-visual synchronization; multi-character coherence across shots.
Target customer
Consumer creators (150M+ registered users), professional filmmakers, enterprise marketing/advertising teams, game developers, and e-commerce businesses.
Industries served
Entertainment, Marketing & Advertising, E-commerce, Education, Gaming, Film Production
Technology advantage
Proprietary Diffusion Transformer architecture; real-time autoregressive world model with memory-augmented attention (R1); data labeling expertise from TikTok's visual understanding tech; V5.6 ranked #2 globally by Artificial Analysis; 4K resolution generation; native audio generation; instant-response 1080P generation.
How they differentiate
Superior data labeling expertise from TikTok's visual AI heritage; real-time interactive world model (R1) vs. traditional clip generation; strongest cost-performance ratio in the market ($4.80/min); native multi-modal audio-visual generation; multi-shot storytelling with character consistency; strongest Asian market presence with global reach.
Main competitors
Runway (Gen-4.5), Kling AI (Kuaishou), ByteDance Seedance, Google Veo 3.1, Luma AI, Pika, Midjourney
Key partnerships
Alibaba (strategic investor & deployment partner), Captain Tsubasa / KAGAMI Gate (IP licensing), Singapore Economic Development Board Global Founder Programme, UN AI for Good Global Summit
Notable customers
Captain Tsubasa (IP licensing partnership), Alibaba (deployment partnership), enterprise teams across advertising, e-commerce, education, and gaming sectors
Major milestones
2023: Company founded, 2024-01: PixVerse web launch, 2024: Industry's first 4K AI video model, 2025-08: Surpassed 100M users, 2025-09: $60M Series B led by Alibaba, 2026-01: Launched R1, world's first real-time video generation model, 2026-03: $300M Series C, unicorn status, 2026-07: $439M total Series C, $2B+ valuation
Growth metrics
150M+ registered users; 15M+ monthly active users; 2.1B+ videos generated; 177+ countries served; 68% cost reduction for enterprise teams; 57% faster production; #2 globally in Image-to-Video and Text-to-Video (Artificial Analysis)
Market positioning
Leading AI video generation platform in Asia (largest funding round in category in Asia); top-2 globally in video generation quality per Artificial Analysis benchmarks; unicorn status at $2B+ valuation; positioned as the "Canva for video generation" with both consumer and enterprise offerings.
Geographic focus
Global with strongholds in Asia (Singapore HQ, Beijing, Shanghai offices) and expanding into North America (Bellevue/Seattle office, planned San Francisco office)
Patents and IP
Proprietary Diffusion Transformer architecture; real-time autoregressive video generation with memory-augmented attention mechanism; multi-modal unified modeling for text/image/audio/video consistency.
About Wang Changhu (王长虎)
Ex-ByteDance Head of Vision Technology; PhD University of Science and Technology of China. Built core visual understanding technology behind TikTok.
Official website: https://pixverse.ai