Pika

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Series B at $500M+ valuation. Consumer video-generation.

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88Featured · #88 of 2026The ENTRA 100 — AI Employers

Palo Alto, USAFounded 202340+ employeesSeries B · $500M+ valuationGenerative AI · Video

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ENTRA Talent Index

Hiring quality verdict.

55/ 100

ENTRABB

Pika's Series B at $500M+ valuation anchors a consumer video-generation thesis competing head-to-head with Runway, Luma, and OpenAI Sora. 40+ open roles concentrated in Palo Alto. Senior bench drawn from Stanford SAIL and Berkeley BAIR.

Hiring Velocity72

Compensation76

Retention64

Mission Alignment66

Methodology · 5 dimensions equally weightedData as of FEB 12, 2026

Hiring Intelligence

Pika by the numbers.

Open roles

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Hiring velocity · YoY

+186%

Net-new AI hires (12-month)

Funding stage

Series B · $500M+ valuation

Generative AI · Video

Salary Intelligence

Verified salary ranges.

Total comp · USD · annual

Senior Research Engineer

$280Kto$480K

ML Engineer

$220Kto$400K

Leadership

Who runs talent at Pika.

Demi Guo

Co-founder & CEO

Chenlin Meng

Co-founder & CTO

Latest Coverage

Pika in ENTRA Intelligence.

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+340%AI headcount growth · H1 2026

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