On July 2nd, the AI video generation field witnessed a major development: Kuaishou's video generation large model "Kuaishou AI" officially closed a $3 billion funding round. After this round of financing, its post-money valuation is expected to reach $18 billion, setting a new global record for the largest funding scale in video large model companies, and officially sounding the horn for its independent commercialization.

From the investment perspective, this round of financing was led by CPE Yuanfeng, Guofang Venture Capital, BlueFive, Tencent, Zhongguancun Science City Fund (United Science Investment), and China International Capital Corporation, with dozens of top institutions actively participating. Notably, this round not only attracted support from leading industry capital such as Alibaba Cloud and Baidu, but also saw active participation from cultural and entertainment industry players such as Huace Film and Mango Industry Investors (Huiwei Capital), further demonstrating the industry's confidence in the commercial potential of this technology in content production.

As a core achievement of Kuaishou's deep research in AI technology, Kuaishou AI has been closely watched by the market in the field of video generation. This large-scale financing not only provides substantial financial support for subsequent technological iteration and computing power expansion, but also marks a successful transition from an internal technical project to a market-oriented business entity. With the clear path of independent commercialization, Kuaishou AI is expected to build a stronger competitive advantage in the increasingly fierce AI video competition arena.