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Best Animation AI Tools

15 tools compared · 2026

15 ai animation startups tracked, with the largest concentration in US. Total tracked funding: $1.8B.

All (15) By country Top ranked By funding
Tracked
15
Total Raised
$1.8B
Countries
4
Active Deals
1

Top by score

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1 Kling AI Beijing, CN $1.2B
78
2 PixVerse Singapore, SG $60M
72
3 Cartwheel — $15.6M
68
4 Move AI — $10M
64
5 Cheehoo — $10M
64
6 Latent Technology London, GB $8M
64
7 Video Rebirth Singapore, SG $80M
62
8 Wonder Studios London, GB $12M
60
9 Kaiber San Francisco, US $5M
60
10 Uthana San Francisco, US $4.3M
60
11 HeyGen Los Angeles, US $65.6M
59
12 SoulGen — —
59

Funding by year — AI Animation

2022 → 2026
$5.6M
’22
$55M
’23
$220M
’24
$122M
’25
$105M
’26

Top countries

By startup count

Stage breakdown

Latest round type
  • Seed 6
  • Series A 3
  • Series B 2
  • Growth 1
  • Corporate 1

Top investors backing AI Animation

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Spark Capital
3 deals
Human Ventures
2 deals
Khosla Ventures
2 deals
Lightspeed Venture Partners
2 deals
Accel
2 deals
Rideback
1 deal
Playground Productions
1 deal
Powerhouse Capital
1 deal
Level2 Ventures
1 deal
RKKVC
1 deal
Warner Music Group
1 deal
Runway
1 deal

Recent rounds in AI Animation

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Date Startup Round Amount
Mar 2026 Captions Growth $75M
Mar 2026 Video Rebirth Series A $30M
Nov 2025 Video Rebirth Seed $50M
Oct 2025 Wonder Studios Seed $12M
Sep 2025 PixVerse Series B $60M
Oct 2024 Pika Series B $80M
Feb 2024 HeyGen Series A $60M
Feb 2024 Pika Series B $80M

All AI Animation startups

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Kling AI

Verified
CN est. 2023

Next-generation AI video creation

Raised
$1.2B
Stage
CORPORATE
78

PixVerse

SG est. 2023

AI video generation from text, images, and one-click cinematic creation

Raised
$60M
Stage
S-B
72

Cartwheel

est. 2023
Raised
$15.6M
Stage
S-A
68

Latent Technology

GB est. 2022

Physics-driven generative AI animation that reacts in real time

Raised
$8M
Stage
Seed
64

Move AI

est. 2019
Raised
$10M
Stage
Seed
64

Cheehoo

est. 2024
Raised
$10M
Stage
Seed
64

Video Rebirth

SG est. 2024

Industrial-grade generative video engine (BACH) for professional, cinematic film creation

Raised
$80M
Stage
S-A
62

Wonder Studios

GB est. 2025

AI-native film studio collapsing the time from idea to cinematic screen

Raised
$12M
Stage
Seed
60

Uthana

US est. 2023

Foundation models for human motion and 3D character animation

Raised
$4.3M
Stage
Seed
60

Kaiber

US est. 2022

Generative AI studio for image and video creation

Raised
$5M
Stage
Seed
60

HeyGen

US est. 2020

AI video platform with hyper-realistic avatars.

Raised
$65.6M
Stage
S-A
59

SoulGen

All-in-one AI video generator with motion, sound, and talking characters.

59

Viggle AI

Remix anyone into viral memes with serious tech and silly fun.

59

Pika

US est. 2023

AI-powered video generation and editing platform that turns text and images into dynamic videos.

Raised
$215M
Stage
S-B
58

Captions

US est. 2021

AI that edits your video like a professional would.

Raised
$75M
Stage
GROWTH
50