Position in SVTR
Snapshot 2026-11-04- Startup SignalsTop 5%↓2
- Social & Entertainment#1of 48↑1
- Video#2of 49↓1
About
Kling AI, founded in 2024 in Beijing, China, generates videos and short films for the film, advertising, and creative studio industries based on text or image prompts.
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Capital graph
Company· 12
Investor· 10
Founders / team· 1
Funding history
- 2026-07-02Pre-IPO$2.9B
Investors · Alibaba Cloud, 厚为资本, CPE Yuanfeng, 国方创投, BlueFive Capital, Tencent, CITIC Securities, 中关村科学城, Baidu, Zhejiang Huace Film & TV, L2F光源创业者基金Source · news.pedaily.cn ↗
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Shanghai Angel Group
3 Social & Entertainment deals in the last 24 months · 3 in North China
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