Full-Time
Pika
51-200 employees
AI platform for video creation and editing
Compensation Overview
$250k - $300k/yr
Senior, Expert
Palo Alto, CA, USA
- Proven leadership experience, managing and mentoring engineers while driving technical strategy and execution.
- Expertise across multiple software domains, including full-stack development, frontend (React, TypeScript), backend (python), mobile (iOS/Android), and ML infrastructure.
- Experience in social or consumer applications, with a deep understanding of user engagement, growth mechanics, and product scalability.
- Track record of driving projects from concept to production, working cross-functionally with multiple teams.
- Deep understanding of system design, scalability, and performance optimization, having worked on systems that have scaled to large user bases.
- Startup experience with a bias toward action, ownership, and delivering high-impact results in fast-paced environments.
- Relentless focus on resiliency and perfection, continuously improving system reliability and efficiency.
- Strong problem-solving mindset, capable of tackling complex engineering challenges independently.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams and articulate technical decisions effectively.
- Lead and mentor a team of engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and collaboration.
- Build and optimize scalable systems that support AI-powered video generation and seamless product operations.
- Drive projects from ideation to launch, collaborating with engineering teams, designers, and PMs.
- Ensure system resiliency, improving performance, reliability, and fault tolerance across our infrastructure.
- Develop internal tools and automation to enhance workflows and improve efficiency.
- Continuously push for technical excellence, refining best practices and raising the engineering bar.
- Thrive in a high-release velocity environment, demonstrating vigilance and ownership over the quality, stability, and performance of planned, as well as already shipped features.
- Stay ahead of emerging technologies, integrating the best tools and frameworks to improve our stack.
- Contribute across the full stack, with a strong emphasis on frontend and Android development, ensuring a seamless user experience across web and mobile platforms.
Pika.art provides a platform for users to create videos using artificial intelligence. The platform allows users to turn their ideas into videos through features like text-to-video, image-to-video, and video-to-video transformations. This means users can easily modify scenes, extend video lengths, and create content without needing advanced technical skills. Pika caters to a wide audience, from casual creators making memes to professional filmmakers producing short films. Unlike many competitors, Pika focuses on user-friendliness and accessibility, making it easy for anyone to bring their creative visions to life. The company's goal is to democratize video creation by offering powerful AI tools that are intuitive and customizable, appealing to both hobbyists and professionals.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$135M
Headquarters
Palo Alto, California
Founded
2023
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Pika's user base grew to over 11 million, indicating strong market acceptance.
- Recent $80 million funding boosts Pika's ability to compete with industry giants.
- Integration of AI sound effects and lip sync features enhances user engagement.
What critics are saying
- Emergence of competitors like Runway and Luma AI with advanced models.
- OpenAI's Sora targets professional studios, potentially diverting users from Pika.
- Rapid tech advancements could render Pika's tools outdated without continuous updates.
What makes Pika unique
- Pika offers AI-driven video creation accessible to non-professionals with user-friendly tools.
- Pika 2.0's 'Scene Ingredients' feature allows detailed customization of video elements.
- Viral features like 'Squish It' and 'Melt It' enhance user engagement and platform visibility.
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6 month growth
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↑ 12%2 year growth
↑ 20%Pika Labs has officially launched its latest feature, Pika Twists, offering video creators unprecedented flexibility and imagination.
Pika just added the more new pika effects to Pika 1.5.
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn Morehttps://bsky.app/profile/kenklippenstein.bsky.social/post/3ld7bremnos2z. Pika, the Palo Alto-based startup that was one of the early leaders in creating lifelike AI video generation tools, has introduced its latest AI video generator model, Pika 2.0, in what it’s calling a significant update that promises far more user control and customizability for the generated video clips.The announcement comes just weeks after the successful release of Pika 1.5, which saw widespread adoption and user engagement, positioning the company as a leader in the creative AI space, and days after OpenAI finally released its own AI generator, Sora — originally shown off 10 months ago — to the masses.Pika 2.0 boasts improved text alignment, making it easier than ever to translate detailed prompts into cohesive and imaginative video clips.It enhances motion rendering, delivering naturalistic movement and believable fantastical physics — areas where previous generative AI tools have struggled.The launch of Pika 2.0 underscores Pika’s commitment to making AI video creation accessible, affordable, and user-friendly. With its focus on individuals and small creators rather than professional studios, Pika distinguishes itself from competitors like OpenAI, which recently debuted its Hollywood-focused Sora model.Pika 2.0 builds on the success of its predecessor, introducing several standout features designed to empower users to create more dynamic and engaging videos. Central to the update is the new “Scene Ingredients” feature, which allows users to upload and customize individual elements like characters, objects, and settings.Credit: PikaAdvanced image recognition technology ensures these components are seamlessly integrated into scenes, giving creators much more granular control over their content.These updates aim to make the platform more versatile for users seeking to create playful, shareable videos for social media, as well as for brands looking to produce high-quality advertising content without the cost and complexity of traditional production.11 million users and countingPika’s appeal has already translated into impressive growth. Over five million users joined the platform in a single month following the release of Pika 1.5, bringing its total user base to over 11 million.Viral features like “Squish It,” “Melt It,” and “Explode It” have driven this surge, with videos generated on the platform amassing more than two billion views.Major brands including Balenciaga, Fenty, and Vogue have tapped into Pika’s tools to create creative social advertisements, further boosting the platform’s visibility
Pika, the Palo Alto-based startup that was one of the early leaders in creating lifelike AI video generation tools, has introduced its latest AI video generator model, Pika 2.0, in what it's calling a significant update that promises far more user control and customizability for the generated video clips.
But it surely's been almost a 12 months since Pika launched its 1.0 text-to-video AI platform and since that point, many opponents have emerged and/or up to date their fashions to outclass Pika by way of realism and the results they're able to, chief amongst them, Runway which is on its Gen-3 Alpha Turbo mannequin and Luma AI which in August debuted its Dream Machine 1.5 AI video mannequin.