Chinese AI video tools are rapidly changing the game. Platforms like Kling AI and Alibaba’s Wan 2.2 are not only making waves locally but also capturing the attention of international creators and businesses. These tools are no longer just following Western innovations, they’re setting the pace, backed by soaring revenues and mass adoption.
Kling AI’s Explosive Revenue Growth
Chinese tech behemoth Kuaishou’s crown jewel Kling AI impressed the AI community in a spectacular manner. It was able to generate nearly US$20.8 million revenues all by itself in the first quarter of 2025 alone. More unbelievable is its own annual run rate of over US$100 million in less than a year since its debut last June of 2024 officially.
Up to 70% of all Kling AI users are located outside China, and the product is hot worldwide. More than 20,000 various kinds of businesses-from ad agencies to animation studios-have used it to produce live video and beautiful API integration. Its latest version, Kling 2.1, released with Shanghai World AI Conference, came with automatically applied audio effects to output videos, further turning it into shareable and interactive content.
TikTok took the world by storm. Now, Chinese companies are taking videos further with AI https://t.co/Zs6I0vNsha
— CNBC (@CNBC) August 1, 2025
Wan 2.2 Downloads More than 5.4 Million
The second highest grossing headliner is Alibaba’s Wan 2.2 version with more than 5.4 million downloads since it first released in February on ModelScope and Hugging Face platforms. It is well worth its name with best management of visual elements like light, frame, and motion and as a film director’s best friend, teacher’s handbook, and marketer’s sidekick.
The open-source nature of the Wan 2.2 makes it vulnerable to all manner of experimentation by artists and programmers around the globe. Its flexibility allows it to work for the masses-creators to institutions across the world.
Wan 2.2 has been out for just 4 hours & its repercussions for our species are still barely understood.
We are unprepared. We’ll back on our way of life in the pre-Wan 2.2 era & be perplexed & even disgusted by it.
May god have mercy on our souls.
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— POM (@peteromallet) July 28, 2025
China’s Platforms Are Getting the Better of It
Chinese technology companies aren’t lagging Western counterparts in AI video-making, assert AI research units. Google and OpenAI are continuing to use this new Chinese tech in Sora and Imagen Video.
Chinese video tech now powers tools like Sora and Imagen ( Image Source: South China Morning Post )
Invest in AI avatars – reaping their dividends already. Baidu digital people-powered live-streaming sales have reached US$7.65 million so far, a precursor of commerce potential behind AI persona creation. Other US startups lower on the publicity level are lagging behind users and features.
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Why It Matters
Web video applications: US-China weapons race: War of AI. Not just cool gadgets but strategic future web real estate for content creation.
Chinese dominance of the space is driven by:
- Faster uptake by business and creators worldwide
- Bulky business uptake in sectors
- Incremental innovation, Kling having lost more than 30 since launch
They enable creators to make good videos for free and without the agony of traditional filmmaking. Such velocity, precision, and virtuosity on their task can be a recipe for revolt to amateur and professional alike.
Business and Content Creators Leaving Real Impact
Kling AI API is used in bulk video production with over 200 million videos produced and 30 million video credits burned daily. It is now mission-critical for the teams and agencies who require a fast turnaround of high-quality assets.
Wan 2.2 as an open-source technology is transforming the world through innovation. It’s utilized in developing everything conceivable, from internet standards to drawing your company’s history, ad, and even drawing anything virtually nearby. It’s utilized because it holds the capability of offering bespoke illumination, character animation, and shot without investing so much money on expensive gears.
This. This flexibility is enabling small groups to challenge our giant factory models, opening up the ground floor to all for visual content sharing.
What’s on the Horizon
China’s role in this area by no means goes away. Object-based design Kling AI governs tighter business collaborations, such as partnership with Alibaba Cloud and AWS down the line.
Wan 2.2 is still programmers’ favorite due to continued open-source roll-out and fast adoption across industries.
And where the West has Google and OpenAI supporting their software, Chinese dominance is light-years further along in terms of deployment, size, and adoption. They already own one of them all: a global AI video-making firm, and they’re doing it on their own terms for the most part so far.
Chinese AI video software making is no longer in the backroom. As use and revenue grow, Kling AI and Wan 2.2-type software are re-defining the content creation book.
From popularity in their industry sphere to open-source creation, the platforms battle and flourish.
For content producers and entrepreneurs in need of rapid, agile, and good quality production of video, the future is no longer Silicon Valley, maybe Shanghai or Shenzhen.
