rumoredPika LabsExpected: 2026

Pika 3 API

Rumored next-gen Pika Labs video model after Pika 2.2. Expected to improve character consistency and motion coherence in longer clips.

What we know

Rumored next-gen Pika Labs video model after Pika 2.2. Expected to improve character consistency and motion coherence in longer clips.

Why it matters: Social creators track "pika 3" for the easiest consumer-facing AI video tool.

Expected pricing: ~$0.25 per clip (unconfirmed)

Current best equivalent

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MiniMax Video 01

Similar consumer-grade text-to-video quality and clip length.

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Call it with curl

curl -X POST https://api.skillboss.co/v1/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SKILLBOSS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "skill_id": "minimax/video-01",
    "input": {
      "prompt": "Say hello from Pika 3 — routed via SkillBoss"
    }
  }'

Alternate options

ModelSkill IDTradeoff
Veo 3.1 Fastveo-3.1-fastHigher fidelity, more expensive

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