Kling Review — The Chinese Video AI That Benchmarked Its Way to 45 Million Users

In June 2024, Kuaishou Technology — a publicly-traded Chinese short-video giant with $17 billion in annual revenue — launched Kling, a diffusion transformer video model that reached 45 million global users by November 2025. Eight major versions in twenty months. A direct API. Strong motion quality in academic benchmarks. No official MCP server. And the same state-ownership structure that made the world nervous about TikTok.