Kuaishou
Everything you need to know about Kuaishou — from their $5B in funding to who's backing them.
Awaira Score
Out of 100
HQ
China
Founded
2011
Raised
$5B
Stage
Public
Team
10000+
About Kuaishou
Kuaishou operates a short video and live streaming platform that uses AI recommendation systems to serve personalised content to over 600 million monthly active users in China, competing directly with ByteDance Douyin for Chinese short video market share. The Beijing company has developed significant generative AI capabilities through its Kling AI video generation model, which produces…
Key Facts
- Kuaishou is valued at $36B as of March 2026.
- Kuaishou has raised a total of $5B in disclosed funding across 2 funding rounds.
- Kuaishou was founded in 2011 by Su Hua and is headquartered in China.
- Kuaishou employs approximately 10000+ people.
- Kuaishou operates in the AI Video category and is currently at the Public stage.
- Kuaishou has an Awaira Score of 84/100, ranking it among the highly notable AI companies on Awaira.
- Kuaishou's most recent funding round was a Series F of $3B closed in January 2020, led by Tencent.
Source: Awaira · Updated Mar 24, 2026
Valuation
$36B
Post-money
Total Raised
$5B
All rounds
Awaira Score
84/100
Founded
2011
10000+ employees
Strengths & Risks
Strengths
Raised over $5B — one of the best-funded AI companies
Unicorn status with $36B valuation
Elite Awaira Score of 84/100
Analysis based on publicly available data. Not investment advice.
Funding Velocity
2
Total Rounds
$2B
Avg Round Size
0.1yr
Funding Span
Kuaishou raised 2 rounds over 0.1 years, averaging $2B per round — a pace of roughly one round every 1 months.
Awaira estimate based on public data. Not financial advice.
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Investors in Kuaishou
Funding Rounds
InactiveLed by Tencent
$3B
Jan 2020
Led by Tencent
$1B
Dec 2019
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