- Alibaba's AI video model has risen to No. 2 in global rankings, according to the latest updates.
- The model scores 1,444 in both text-to-video and image-to-video categories, outperforming Google's Veo-3.1 by 69 points in text-to-video.
- OpenAI's Sora has faced significant challenges, with a shutdown due to financial issues, costing roughly $1 million per day to operate.
- ByteDance's Seedance encountered legal threats from major studios over copyright infringement, impacting its viability.
- Alibaba's Arena rankings indicate that HappyHorse is outperforming Veo on user-perceived quality, aided by a 40% launch discount on Alibaba Cloud Model Studio.
Alibaba's HappyHorse 1.0 has ascended to the No. 2 position in global AI video model rankings, according to the latest Arena leaderboards. The model achieved a score of 1,444 in both text-to-video and image-to-video categories, surpassing Google's Veo-3.1 by 69 points in text-to-video and xAI's Grok-Imagine-Video by 23 points in image-to-video.12
In contrast, OpenAI's Sora has faced significant challenges, leading to its shutdown. The product was financially unsustainable, costing approximately $1 million per day to operate while generating only $2.1 million in total revenue. Active users plummeted from a peak of nearly 1 million to under 500,000.3
Similarly, ByteDance's Seedance encountered legal issues, with major studios like Netflix and Disney threatening legal action over copyright infringement related to user-generated content. Despite these setbacks, Alibaba's Arena rankings indicate that HappyHorse is outperforming Veo in user-perceived quality, aided by a 40% launch discount on Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, making it more cost-effective at scale.4
Pricing for third-party API platforms at the 1.0 level is approximately $1.82 per 10-second clip at 720p and $3.12 at 1080p.
“Alibaba's AI video model has achieved the No. 2 position in global rankings. This rise comes as OpenAI's Sora and ByteDance's Seedance have struggled, with Sora facing financial challenges.”
