Happy Horse AI by Alibaba — #1 AI Video Model, Prompts, Examples & Waitlist
Explore Alibaba's Happy Horse 1.0, the #1 ranked AI video model for text-to-video and image-to-video. Review benchmark coverage, tested prompt guides, showcase examples, and join the waitlist for access updates on TryHappyHorseAI.com.
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Happy Horse AI Video Examples
See what Happy Horse 1.0 can generate through real examples from our testing, including cinematic text-to-video and image-to-video clips.
Three yoga practitioners in tree pose on rocks beside a cascading waterfall, surrounded by lush tropical forest, cinematic wide angle, golden hour lighting.
A rubber band ball bouncing down a carpeted staircase, each impact unpredictable, realistic physics simulation with natural motion blur and ambient sound.
A pink peony bud in a white ceramic vase on a sunny windowsill, raindrops on the glass behind it, soft natural light streaming through.
Happy Horse 1.0 vs Kling v3: finger tracing horseshoe shapes on a foggy car window, with finer detail, realistic condensation, and natural hand motion.
A young girl hula hooping in a sunny backyard, natural physics simulation with realistic cloth dynamics and fluid body motion.
A professional woman at a desk in a softly lit library, cinematic portrait framing, natural hair movement, photorealistic skin, and soft bokeh depth.
Videos generated with Happy Horse 1.0 · 1080p HD · Audio included · Click to watch with sound
Happy Horse 1.0 — The World's Best AI Video Generator
Happy Horse 1.0 by Alibaba's Taotian Group ranks #1 on Artificial Analysis for both text-to-video (Elo 1333) and image-to-video (Elo 1392). It's the first model to generate video and audio simultaneously in a single pass.
#1 Text-to-Video Generator
Happy Horse ranks #1 globally for text-to-video with an Elo score of 1333, outperforming ByteDance Seedance 2.0, Google Veo 3, and OpenAI Sora.
#1 Image-to-Video Generator
Happy Horse also leads image-to-video with an Elo score of 1392 — the highest benchmark score ever recorded for AI video generation.
Unified Video + Audio Generation
Happy Horse is the first AI model to generate video and audio in a single unified pass, eliminating the traditional multi-stage pipeline of video → audio → lip sync.
Cinematic 1080p Quality
Generate 5–12 second 1080p videos supporting 6 aspect ratios: 16:9, 9:16, 4:3, 3:4, 21:9, and 1:1 — all at cinema-grade resolution.
Happy Horse 1.0 Technical Specifications
Happy Horse 1.0 is a 15B-parameter unified Transformer model developed by Alibaba Taotian Group's Future Life Lab, led by Zhang Di (former Kuaishou VP and Kling AI lead).
15B Unified Transformer
150 billion parameters with 40 self-attention layers, using DMD-2 distillation requiring only 8 denoising steps for ultra-fast inference.
38-Second Generation
Generate a full video with synchronized audio in approximately 38 seconds on H100 GPU — significantly faster than multi-stage competitors.
Multilingual Lip Sync
Native lip-sync support for 7 languages: English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, German, and French.
Fully Open Source
Happy Horse 1.0 is fully open source — base model, distilled model, super-resolution module, inference code, and commercial license all included.
6 Aspect Ratios
Generate videos in any format: 16:9 (landscape), 9:16 (portrait/mobile), 4:3, 3:4, 21:9 (ultrawide), and 1:1 (square).
Commercial Use Ready
Open source with commercial usage rights — build products, APIs, and services on top of Happy Horse AI without restrictions.
What You Can Create with Happy Horse AI
Happy Horse AI generates cinematic short videos with synchronized audio for creators, marketers, filmmakers, and developers.
Text to Video
Describe your scene in plain text and Happy Horse AI generates a matching 1080p video with synchronized audio — no camera or studio required.
Image to Video
Upload any image and Happy Horse AI animates it into a realistic video with movement, depth, and natural-sounding audio.
Social Media Content
Create 9:16 vertical videos for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts, or 16:9 horizontal videos for YouTube — all in one generation.
Product Videos
Generate professional product demo videos from a single image or description — perfect for e-commerce, ads, and landing pages.
Film & Animation
Use Happy Horse's cinematic quality for short film concepts, storyboards, or animated sequences with multimodal audio output.
Prompt Guides & Workflow Research
Use our prompt guide, benchmark analysis, and comparison articles to evaluate Happy Horse workflows before broader public access opens.
What Creators Say About Happy Horse AI 🎬
Happy Horse AI went from anonymous benchmark leader to #1 globally in just days. Here's what early users are saying.
Alex Chen
Content Creator
"I've tried Sora, Veo, and Seedance. Happy Horse blows them all away. The audio sync is seamless and the quality at 1080p is unreal."
Yuki Tanaka
Social Media Manager
"Happy Horse's vertical video output is perfect for Reels and TikTok. The AI understands composition and movement better than anything else."
Alex Chen
Content Creator
"I've tried Sora, Veo, and Seedance. Happy Horse blows them all away. The audio sync is seamless and the quality at 1080p is unreal."
Yuki Tanaka
Social Media Manager
"Happy Horse's vertical video output is perfect for Reels and TikTok. The AI understands composition and movement better than anything else."
Maria Santos
Marketing Director
"We generated 20 product videos in one afternoon. Happy Horse AI cut our video production budget by 80% while improving quality."
David Liu
Game Developer
"We use Happy Horse to generate cinematic trailers and cutscenes from concept art. The speed is incredible — 38 seconds per video."
Maria Santos
Marketing Director
"We generated 20 product videos in one afternoon. Happy Horse AI cut our video production budget by 80% while improving quality."
David Liu
Game Developer
"We use Happy Horse to generate cinematic trailers and cutscenes from concept art. The speed is incredible — 38 seconds per video."
James Park
Indie Filmmaker
"The image-to-video feature is the best I've seen. I can animate concept art into cinematic sequences that look like real film footage."
Sophie Martin
E-commerce Founder
"Product videos used to cost thousands per shoot. Now I generate studio-quality videos from product photos in under a minute."
James Park
Indie Filmmaker
"The image-to-video feature is the best I've seen. I can animate concept art into cinematic sequences that look like real film footage."
Sophie Martin
E-commerce Founder
"Product videos used to cost thousands per shoot. Now I generate studio-quality videos from product photos in under a minute."
Happy Horse AI — Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about Happy Horse 1.0 and TryHappyHorseAI.com.
Happy Horse 1.0 is an AI video generation model developed by Alibaba's Taotian Group Future Life Lab. It ranks #1 globally for both text-to-video (Elo 1333) and image-to-video (Elo 1392) on Artificial Analysis benchmarks, surpassing Seedance 2.0, Google Veo 3, and OpenAI Sora.
Happy Horse was developed by Alibaba's Taotian Group Future Life Lab, led by Zhang Di — former VP at Kuaishou and technical lead behind the Kling AI video model. Happy Horse 1.0 was anonymously submitted to benchmarks on April 7, 2026, and officially revealed by Alibaba on April 10, 2026.
Not yet. The site currently focuses on benchmark coverage, tested prompt guides, showcase examples, and launch updates while Happy Horse access is being prepared. Join the waitlist to be notified when availability changes.
Start with the prompt guide if you want tested prompt patterns, then read our Happy Horse comparisons with Kling 3 and Veo 3 for positioning, and the audio sync article if you care about speaking clips or multilingual output.
Happy Horse generates videos up to 1080p resolution, 5–12 seconds in length, across 6 aspect ratios: 16:9 (landscape), 9:16 (portrait), 4:3, 3:4, 21:9 (ultrawide), and 1:1 (square). It also includes multilingual lip sync for English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, German, and French.
Yes. Happy Horse 1.0 is fully open source and includes the base model, distilled model, super-resolution module, inference code, and a commercial use license. You can find it on GitHub at github.com/brooks376/Happy-Horse-1.0.