Kuaishou

Kuaishou Technology is a Chinese publicly traded company founded in 2011 by Hua Su and Cheng Yixiao, headquartered in Beijing's Haidian District and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Originally known for its massively popular short-video platform — branded as Kwai and Snack Video internationally — Kuaishou has expanded into generative AI, developing the Kling family of video generation models.

Kuaishou's catalog is entirely focused on video generation, with 14 model endpoints spanning multiple generations and tiers. The lineup includes Kling 2.5 Turbo Pro and Kling 2.6 Pro alongside the newer Kling V3 and Kling O3 families, each offered in both Pro and Standard variants. Most models support text-to-video and image-to-video workflows, while Kling O3 Pro R2V and Kling O3 Standard R2V add reference-to-video capabilities for greater creative control.

Kuaishou's deep roots in short-form video give its Kling models a distinctive edge — they're built by a team that understands video content at massive consumer scale. The breadth of tiers from Standard to Pro lets users balance generation quality against speed, making Kling a compelling option in the fast-evolving AI video space.