Fotor Launches One-Stop AI Long Video Platform Clipfly


AI video generation platform Higgsfield secures $400 million in funding from DST Global, Goldman Sachs, Intel, and others, raising its valuation to $5.4 billion, a fourfold increase from its $1.3 billion valuation eight months ago. The company, founded just two years ago, is accelerating its expansion of enterprise subscription business, speeding up commercialization, and aiming for annualized revenue of $700 million. The founder is Alex Mashrabov, former executive at Snapchat.
Volcengine launches Seedance2.5 API, upgrading instruction following, long narrative, realism, and audio-visual quality over v2.0. It natively supports 30-second video generation, up to 50 multimodal references, precise video editing, and support for 10+ languages. Optimized image quality, sound, lighting, camera movement, and aesthetics, pushing AI content toward cinematic long-form storytelling.....
xAI upgrades the video model Imagine Video 1.5 with new image reference, voice reference, text-only video generation, and native 1080p output, enhancing character consistency and scene control. Text-to-video and 1080p features are now available on all platforms of Grok Imagine. Image and voice references are first available to US SuperGrok Heavy/Plus users, with broader coverage planned for the future.
On July 2, Kuaishou's Kling AI raised nearly $3 billion, reaching an $18 billion post-investment valuation and setting a global record for video large model funding. Co-led by CPE, Guofang Venture Capital, BlueFive, Tencent, Zhongguancun Science City Fund, and CITIC Securities, the round officially launches its independent commercialization.....
The AI video generation platform Qilin AI, under Kuaishou, has been reported to be about to complete its first independent round of financing, with a scale of $3 billion and a post-money valuation of around $18 billion. Although Kuaishou has not commented, the news has triggered high market attention. Since the split was first reported in May 2026, the platform's valuation expectations have remained in a state of fluctuation and negotiation.