{"id":96132,"date":"2026-04-13T14:43:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=96132"},"modified":"2026-04-13T14:45:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:45:15","slug":"alibabas-happy-horse-tops-video-generator-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/alibabas-happy-horse-tops-video-generator-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Alibaba&#8217;s Happy Horse Tops Video Generator Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese corporation Alibaba has unveiled an AI model for video generation named Happy Horse. Immediately after its release, the tool secured top positions in industry rankings.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HappyHorse is still in the stable. \ud83d\udc34<\/p>\n<p>No official website yet \u2014 anything you&#8217;ve seen out there isn&#8217;t us.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re part of Alibaba&#8217;s ATH AI Innovation Unit, and when we&#8217;re ready, you&#8217;ll know. Stay tuned.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HappyHorse?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HappyHorse<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Alibaba?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Alibaba<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ATH?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ATH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HappyHorse (@HappyHorseATH) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HappyHorseATH\/status\/2042454844842336461?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The neural network topped the Artificial Analysis list for text-to-video conversion, surpassing ByteDance&#8217;s Seedance 2.0.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-019a960f2413cf5c-1681773095080619.webp\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-278372\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Artificial Analysis Ranking. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/artificialanalysis.ai\/video\/leaderboard\/text-to-video\">Artificial Analysis<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Happy Horse is a product of Alibaba&#8217;s new division, Alibaba Token Hub. The tool is currently in beta testing. The company plans to provide access via <span data-descr=\"application programming interface\" class=\"old_tooltip\">API<\/span> &#8220;in the near future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Previous developments by Alibaba under the Wan brand rarely made it into the top 20. The unexpectedly high results of Happy Horse have sparked active discussions among Chinese AI specialists and investors.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Spent 2 hours on Artificial Analysis\u2019s video comparison page, and Happy Horse kept showing up.<\/p>\n<p>So we recorded a few matchups:<br \/>\u2014 Veo 3.1 Lite vs Happy Horse<br \/>\u2014 Kling v3 vs Happy Horse<br \/>\u2014 SkyReel v4 vs Happy Horse<br \/>\u2014 PixVerse v6 vs Happy Horse<\/p>\n<p>Early take: it\u2019s surprisingly good at\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hy1eRcCkGZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/hy1eRcCkGZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KyUjy9WIWA\">pic.twitter.com\/KyUjy9WIWA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GMI Cloud (@gmi_cloud) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gmi_cloud\/status\/2041952066873221288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Video generation using AI is a highly competitive field for developers, as it is one of the few areas of artificial intelligence with a clear monetization model.<\/p>\n<p>Following <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/openai-to-discontinue-sora\">OpenAI&#8217;s exit<\/a> from this segment, opportunities for Chinese companies have expanded: they now occupy most of the positions in industry rankings.<\/p>\n<p>In early April, Alibaba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-04-10\/stealth-alibaba-video-ai-model-tops-global-ranking-on-debut?srnd=phx-ai&#038;embedded-checkout=true\">released<\/a> a new version of its flagship video generator Wan, developed by the Tongyi laboratory. Before the release of Happy Horse, the company had not publicly announced that multiple teams were working on similar tools in parallel.<\/p>\n<p>The largest e-commerce company in China has made a decisive shift towards AI. It has set a goal to create a general artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in April, the cloud division of the Chinese tech giant Alibaba <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/alibaba-unveils-qwen3-6-plus-agent-model\">launched<\/a> Qwen3.6-Plus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alibaba unveiled an AI model for video generation named Happy Horse. 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