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The Best AI Models for Video Generation in 2025

In 2025, AI is predicted to grow even more, leading to more creative opportunities across all industries. Content creators, Hollywood, and everyday people can now craft creative cinematic experiences for fun and work. Because of advances in generative AI, all of these models have become more powerful and accessible to the masses. These tools have now made it considerably simple to create professional-quality content with minimal equipment and a few prompts.

In this article, we go over 12 standout AI models on the marketplace, which are the most popular AI models available as of right now.

1. OpenAI Sora

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OpenAI created Sora, which is a text-to-video model which can generate video clips based on a user's chosen prompts.

Platform: OpenAI
Release Date: December 2024
Website: OpenAI Sora

2. Kling AI

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The Kuaishou AI Team created Kling, which is a text-to-video AI tool for generating videos.

Platform: Kling
Release Date: June 2024
Website: Kling AI

3. Hailuo AI

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Hailuo AI is another popular and well-known text-to-video platform developed by the company MiniMax.

Platform: MiniMax
Release Date: September 2024
Website: Hailuo AI

4. Pika AI

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Pika AI is essentially a generative AI platform that allows users to create and edit videos using text or image prompts.

Platform: Pika Labs
Release Date: November 2023
Website: Pika AI

5. Mochi 1

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Mochi 1 is an open-source AI video generation model developed by Genmo AI. Users are able to create all types of videos via the text prompts.

Platform: Genmo AI
Release Date: October 2024
Website: Mochi 1

6. Hunyuan Video

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Hunyuan Video is a powerful AI video platform that lets users create high-quality videos using text prompts.

Platform: Tencent
Release Date: December 2024
Website: Hunyuan Video

7. Runway

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Runway is a generative AI video platform created by Runway AI. It allows users to watch generative AI videos with text prompts.

Platform: Runway AI
Release Date: February 2023
Website: Runway

8. Luma Labs

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Luma Labs is a US-based AI startup that has developed a platform for generating photorealistic, high-quality videos from AI prompts.

Platform: Dream Machine
Release Date: June 2024
Website: Lumalabs

9. Haiper AI

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Haiper is an AI-powered video generation platform created by a London-based startup. Drs founded the startup. Yishu Miao and Ziyu Wang.

Platform: Haiper.ai
Release Date: October 2024
Website: Haiper AI

10. CogVideo

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CogVideo is an open-source AI model for text-to-video creation. Users can use text descriptions to create AI video content.

Platform: Tsinghua University
Release Date: May 2022
Website: CogVideo

11. Pyramidal Flow

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Pyramidal Flow was created through the collaboration of various researchers and groups, including Peking University, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, and Kuaishou Technology.

Platform: Pyramidal Flow
Release Date: October 2024
Website: Pyramidal Flow

12. LTX Studio

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LTX Studio is a filmmaking platform that uses AI-driven video creation tools. The video content is created using text-based prompts.

Platform: Lightricks
Release Date: March 2024
Website: LTX Studio


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