HAPPYHORSE-1.0|#1 on Artificial Analysis Video Arena

Meet Happy Horse, the #1-Ranked AI Video Model

Happy Horse 1.0 by Alibaba creates 1080p cinematic video with synchronized native audio, multilingual lip sync, and coherent multi-shot storytelling — and it topped blind human-preference rankings against every leading model.

T2V Arena

#1

Artificial Analysis, Apr 2026

I2V Arena

#1

Artificial Analysis, Apr 2026

Resolution

1080p

Native HD output

Duration

3–15s

Per generation

Sample generation: cinematic urban VFX shot, 1080p · Happy Horse 1.0.

What Makes Happy Horse Different

Top-of-leaderboard visual quality, audio generated alongside the video in a single pass, and multi-shot consistency built for real short-form production.

Blind-Test Leading Visual Quality

Happy Horse 1.0 took the top spot on the Artificial Analysis Video Arena for both text-to-video and image-to-video. The ranking comes from blind human preference votes on unlabeled clips, not self-reported benchmarks — a strong signal that the output simply looks better to real viewers.

Joint Video and Native Audio

Happy Horse generates video and synchronized audio in a single pass — no separate audio model, no manual sync. It supports phoneme-level lip sync across seven languages (English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, German, French), making it well-suited for talking-head ads and localized content.

Text-to-Video and Image-to-Video

Drive generation from a prompt alone, or anchor it to a reference frame. Image-to-video preserves identity, art direction, and composition, which matters when a product look, character, or storyboard already exists.

Multi-Shot Storytelling

Happy Horse can produce coherent multi-shot sequences in one generation, holding character identity, wardrobe, lighting, and color across cuts. That removes most of the stitching pain in trailers, brand concepts, and pre-visualization.

Happy Horse Sample Videos

Six clips covering VFX, multi-shot storytelling, product, dialogue, cinematic mood, and image-to-video — straight from Happy Horse 1.0.

VFX · 9:16 · 10s

Urban VFX Creature Sequence

Storytelling · 16:9 · 8s

Multi-Shot Narrative

Product · 1:1 · 5s

Hero Product Shot

Dialogue · 9:16 · 6s

Talking-Head with Native Audio

Cinematic · 16:9 · 5s

Cinematic Concept Beat

Image-to-Video · 16:9 · 5s

Image-to-Video Animation

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