Seed Round Secured · $10M

THE AI THAT
CAPTURES
EVERY MOMENT

The world's first foundation model purpose-built for short-form video. Vertical-native. Engagement-optimized. Built by veterans of the short video industry.

6s
Hook Window
$90B+
Market Size
35-55
Target Demo
$0B+
Global Short Video Market
0 Sec
Critical Hook Window
0M+
Adult Creators Underserved
0
Founding Industry Veterans
Our Vision

A WORLD WHERE EVERY
GREAT STORY
GETS SEEN

We believe the next billion creators deserve AI that speaks their language—authentic, vertical, and built for the scroll. Moment AI exists to democratize professional short-video creation, empowering individuals and businesses to connect with audiences at the speed of culture.

🌍

Democratize Creation

Make world-class short video production accessible to every creator, brand, and business—regardless of budget or technical skill.

🎯

Optimize for Real Humans

Move beyond visual quality metrics. Train AI on what actually matters: completion rates, shares, comments, and emotional resonance.

🔗

Power the Creator Economy

Become the foundational infrastructure layer—the 'Anthropic of Short Video'—that the entire industry builds upon.

Moment AI neural architecture
Foundation Model Architecture

BUILT FOR
SHORT VIDEO
FROM DAY ONE

Unlike general-purpose video models that treat short video as an afterthought, Moment AI's architecture is designed around the unique constraints and opportunities of short-form content: vertical framing, 6-second hooks, and engagement-loop optimization.

Vertical-Native (9:16)
Trained exclusively on portrait-orientation data. No cropping, no adaptation—native vertical composition from generation.
Engagement-Reward Training
Our RLHF pipeline uses real completion rate, share rate, and comment data as reward signals—not just visual quality.
Open-Source Foundation
Built on HunyuanVideo 1.5 and CogVideoX, fine-tuned with proprietary short-video datasets for domain expertise.
API Pricing

INDUSTRY'S MOST
COMPETITIVE
TOKEN PRICING

Moment AI delivers enterprise-grade short video generation at a fraction of the cost of general-purpose models. Our specialized architecture means less compute per output—savings we pass directly to our B2B partners.

Standard
$0.002
/ token

Best-in-class pricing for high-volume API users. Up to 60% cheaper than comparable general-purpose video models.

Most Popular
Enterprise
Custom
volume discount

Dedicated capacity, SLA guarantees, and custom fine-tuning for MCN agencies and large content platforms.

Developer
Free
trial credits

Get started with $50 in free credits. No credit card required. Full API access from day one.

Competitive Advantage

WHY MOMENT AI
WINS

CapabilityByteDance SeedanceOpenAI / RunwayMoment AI
Orientation❌ Landscape (16:9)❌ Landscape (16:9)✅ Vertical-Native (9:16)
Training Data Style🎬 Cinematic / Hollywood🎬 Cinematic / Studio✅ Real Street · Mobile-Shot
Target Aesthetic🎥 Film-Like · Stylish🎥 High-Fidelity · Epic✅ Authentic · Grounded
6-Second Hook Optimization❌ Not Prioritized❌ Not Prioritized✅ Core Training Signal
Adult (35-55) Demographic Fit❌ Gen Z / Trendy❌ No Focus✅ Clapper App DNA
Engagement-Reward RLHF⚠️ Partial / Closed❌ No✅ Open Pipeline
B2B API for Enterprises⚠️ Partial / Limited⚠️ Limited✅ Primary Business Model
Competitive Token Pricing⚠️ Partial / Higher Cost⚠️ Expensive✅ Best-in-Class
📊

Proprietary Data Moat

Millions of short videos annotated with real engagement metrics (completion rate, shares, comments). No competitor has this training signal.

🎯

Deep Industry DNA

Built by veterans who scaled one of America's fastest-growing short video platforms—we know what makes authentic video convert.

🔗

B2B Ecosystem Position

Positioned as the 'Anthropic of Short Video'—an infrastructure layer for MCN agencies, e-commerce brands, and content platforms.

The Team

BUILT BY
SHORT VIDEO
VETERANS

Founding Team

Industry Veterans × Top Academics
Clapper App Alumni · Top-10 University PhDs

Our founding team brings together battle-tested entrepreneurs with deep operational experience scaling short-video platforms to millions of users, combined with top-tier academic talent holding advanced degrees from world-renowned universities. Together, we combine rare industry know-how with cutting-edge AI research capabilities.

Industry Veterans
Founders with 6+ years scaling short-video platforms in the US market, with deep insight into adult demographics and authentic content.
Academic Excellence
Core team includes PhD and Master's graduates from top-ranked global universities, specializing in multimodal AI and video generation.
Petabyte-Scale Infra
Proven track record designing and shipping high-concurrency video infrastructure serving millions of daily active users.
AI

AI Research Lead

Chief Scientist

PhD from a top-10 global university. Expert in multi-modal large language models and diffusion-based video generation.

BD

Business Development

VP of Partnerships

Deep network in MCN agencies, e-commerce platforms, and enterprise content teams across the US and Asia.