Kling by Kuaishou: status and timeline

Kling

Kling is an AI video generation model that creates videos from text descriptions, images or other video. It generates native 4K video at 60fps with synchronized audio, handling fast motion and complex scene changes.

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Kling 3.0 stable release (Feb 2026) is the #1-ranked video generator. Available as a web app and API.

Updated 5 Feb 2026Checked 10 Oct0 updates this week

Milestones

Next · Kling API release for third-party integrations

Kling AI announced and beta released6 Jun 2024Complete.
Kling 2.0 released15 Apr 2025Complete.
Kling 3.0 stable release, ranked #1 on video Elo benchmark5 Feb 2026Complete.

Most important updates

Upcoming

2026Kling API release for third-party integrations (next)

Current obstacles

Competition from OpenAI Veo and other modelsMultiple well-funded teams are building video generators; maintaining the ranking gap requires continuous improvement.
Content moderation at scaleAs usage grows, filtering harmful outputs and copyright misuse is increasingly challenging.

Physics limits

Sequence coherence decays with lengthAs generated videos grow longer, maintaining character identity and physical consistency across scenes becomes harder; diffusion models accumulate errors over many frames.
Compute cost per second of videoGenerating high-quality 4K 60fps video requires significant compute; real-time generation remains impractical for most use cases.
Training data licensingBuilding high-quality video generators requires vast video datasets; licensing and copyright concerns limit available training material.

How it works

3 parts

Input Processing

Diffusion transformer

Diffusion transformer with 3D VAE enables efficient video structure and motion processing.

Output Generation

Full-attention modeling

Full-attention mechanism models scene changes over time, capturing fast motion and drastic scene shifts.

Audio Integration

Synchronized audio synthesis

Generates audio synced with video, creating cohesive audiovisual output.

Spec sheet

Spec	Kling
Native video resolution	4K^R (reported)
Frame rate	60 fps^R (reported)
Audio synchronization	Native audio generation^R (reported)

^R reported by the company

Update log

2 updates

Thu 5 Feb

Major: Kling 3.0 stable release: native 4K/60fps video with audio, ranked #1 on video Elo boardPressSoftware

Thu 6 Jun 2024

Major: Kuaishou announces Kling AI video generation model with beta releasePressSoftware

About Kuaishou

The team behind Kling

Kuaishou

Video platform, AI video generation, Kling

Kuaishou is a Chinese short-video platform and AI company. It built Kling AI, a video generation model that creates videos with native 4K resolution and 60fps. Kling 3.0 (Feb 2026) became the top-ranked video generator by multiple Elo benchmarks, beating OpenAI's Veo 3.1 and other competitors.

Kuaishou operates one of China's largest short-video platforms with 500+ million monthly active users.
Its AI division built Kling, a video generation model that generates videos with native 4K/60fps and synchronized audio.
Kling 3.0 (released Feb 2026) ranked #1 on the video Elo board ahead of Veo 3.1, handling fast motion and scene changes.

kuaishou.com (opens kuaishou.com)Company profile →

Founded: 201115 yrs
Headquarters: China
Status: Public
Valuation: $40Bmarket capOct 2026
Staff: ~24,718
Last round: IPO · $5.4B5 Feb 2021
Works in: AIImage & voice generation
Coverage: 1 program · 2 updateslatest 5 Feb 2026checked 10 Oct
Customers: Content creators (opens kling.ai)Film & TV production (opens kling.ai)
People: Su Hua (opens en.wikipedia.org)CEO & FounderCheng Yixiao (opens en.wikipedia.org)Co-founder

Spec

Kling

Native video resolution

4K^R (reported)

Frame rate

60 fps^R (reported)

Audio synchronization

Native audio generation^R (reported)