Sand.ai builds open-source autoregressive video-generation models and products such as VidMuse for creators and enthusiasts who want to make video content more easily, cheaply, and quickly.

Founders

• Cao Yue · founder and chief executive officer
  He holds a Ph.D. in Software Engineering from Tsinghua University, was a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research Asia, headed a research center at the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence, and co-founded Lightyear.

Business model

Sand.ai monetizes VidMuse through recurring paid subscriptions and one-time add-on credit purchases for media generation, while offering paid-plan commercial usage rights.

Total raised

$300 million · as its sources put it, more than the rounds on record

Competitors

Kuaishou (Kling)