DreamAgents

The Future of Creativity: AIGC tools, platforms and creators with news from Hollywood, China, Japan and beyond.

[DreamAgents @dream_agents]

"I often feel as if my brain is boiling.

One image suggests another possibility.

One accident creates a new path.

A strange composition, a color choice or an unexpected interpretation can suddenly become the beginning of an entirely new world." - @aran_leigh

The Aran Leigh x DreamAgents interview is out now: https://t.co/OnfcWithHe

[DreamAgents @dream_agents]

@whorange__ Nooooooooo! lol.

[Framer 🇱🇹 @Framer_X]

Seedance 2.5 has serious competition.

Meet Hailuo MiniMax H3.

Head-to-head test below 👇

Which one wins?

[DreamAgents @dream_agents]

👀

[Sixth Tone @SixthTone]

China’s booming ultra-short drama industry is being reshaped by the rapid rise of AI-generated video. In Zhengzhou, one of the country’s major production hubs, directors, actors, crews, and film bases that once fueled the industry’s explosive growth are now facing shrinking budgets, fewer shoots, and an uncertain future. Meanwhile, in other cities like Wuxi, AI studios are embracing the same technology to produce dramas faster and at a fraction of the traditional cost. As the two worlds increasingly converge, the question is no longer whether AI will change filmmaking, but what role humans will have in it.

[DreamAgents @dream_agents]

@whorange__ @PixVerse Awesome @whorange__ can’t wait to see what you’ll be making.

[DreamAgents @dream_agents]

2023: Prompt → image
2024–25: Prompt → video
2025–26: Prompt → 3D object

Next: Prompt → interactive world

Read and sub: https://t.co/H4Afm0PWmh

[DreamAgents @dream_agents]

“AI could become a creative collaborator — something that helps artists move faster, think deeper, and develop ideas with a level of support that most independent creators have never had access to.” -- @horacedodd

https://t.co/mY3AdtHfu1

[DreamAgents @dream_agents]

Every week we learn what the most amazing AI creators are generating and how they do it:

[aran leigh @aran_leigh]

🧌 COUNCIL OF THE CRAG-BORNE ELDERS 🍲🗡️
Deep within the subterranean crypts of the Iron Peaks, the last goblin patriarchs gather to plan their grand uprising. Centuries of exile have hardened their spite, but centuries of petty bickering and cursed swamp brews might just derail the revolution before it even starts.

[DreamAgents @dream_agents]

Source: https://t.co/jZoDm5Hld7

[DreamAgents @dream_agents]

Kuaishou disclosed that Kling AI generated more than US$119 million of revenue in Q2 2026, up more than 200% year over year.

That implies roughly:

$40 million/month
or nearly $480 ARR

Kling generated US$210 million during the first half of 2026, while Q2 revenue was also about 30% higher than Q1.

The customer numbers are equally striking:

- 100 million+ global users
- Nearly 50,000 enterprise customers
- 224 countries and regions.

[DreamAgents @dream_agents]

@aran_leigh @midjourney @imagine @Kling_ai 🙏

[DreamAgents @dream_agents]

"I often feel as if my brain is boiling.

One image suggests another possibility.

One accident creates a new path.

A strange composition, a color choice or an unexpected interpretation can suddenly become the beginning of an entirely new world." - @aran_leigh

The Aran Leigh x DreamAgents interview is out now: https://t.co/OnfcWithHe

[DreamAgents @dream_agents]

@aran_leigh @midjourney @imagine @Kling_ai Thanks for being so open and sharing so much of your process with us 🙏🏼

[DreamAgents @dream_agents]

@Immortalrising1 Never gonna Cobra-lalalalalalala you up!

[DreamAgents @dream_agents]

Woah! It took The Matrix 120 still cameras and 2 motion picture cameras to pull off this type of shot in 1999.

[Smiling Khan @AIwithkhan]

POV: Your milkshake is more important than the plot.

Seedance 2.5 🥵

Prompt :

Bullet Time effect
Style & Mood: Photorealistic 1950s American diner, modern lived-in documentary grit — chrome stools, deep red vinyl booths, checkerboard tile floor, neon glow mixed with warm window light and amber practicals, subtle handheld texture, heavy film grain, shifting into hyper-stylized bullet-time suspension during the spill. Dynamic Description: Shot 1 curly-haired man in cream quarter-zip sits alone at the counter, calm, sipping a thick milkshake through a straw; waitress approaches behind him with a tray holding a burger in one hand and a large glass jug of orange juice in the other; man in booth begins rising. Shot 2 rising man collides hard into waitress, tray/burger/jug launch upward in chaotic slow motion, orange juice bursting into glassy ribbons and suspended droplets catching neon light, camera swings into a smooth continuous orbit around the impact, time locks at the peak of the spill, every face frozen in shock — intercut a 96fps high-speed slow-motion frame at impact, holding 180-degree shutter — only the man at the counter keeps moving, unfazed. Shot 3 camera glides a full 360-degree orbit through the frozen diner, orange juice hanging as glassy ribbons and spheres, burger/plate/jug floating weightless, waitress and rising man locked in shock, man at counter takes one slow deliberate sip, eyes half-lidded, while the frozen world reverses — droplets, food, bodies rewind smoothly to starting position. Shot 4 rewind lands perfectly, waitress balanced again with tray and jug intact, man lifts his eyes, raises two fingers, softly says her name, she turns toward him a beat before the rising man stands — collision avoided, a tiny private smile. Hard cut to Shot 5 extreme close-up on his face, one last slow sip, soft knowing smile, eyes almost closed, shallow depth of field, creamy neon bokeh behind him. Static Description: Man at counter — short tightly-curled black hair, light stubble, dark brown eyes, medium-tan complexion, lean athletic build, off-white quarter-zip fleece with small chest emblem and embroidered script wordmark, black sweatpants, white-and-grey low-top sneakers, holding a tall milkshake glass with a wide straw. Waitress — fitted white scoop-neck crop top with a bold orange "HAATERS" wordmark arched across the chest, high-cut orange shorts, sheer tan tights, white ankle socks, white sneakers, hair worn down, tan skin, thin apron tie at the hip. Booth man — rumpled tan button-down, suspenders, dark trousers. Diner — chrome-trimmed stools on a laminate counter, red tufted vinyl booths, black-and-white checkerboard tile floor, warm tungsten practicals mixed with buzzing neon signage, soft window daylight, chrome napkin dispenser, milkshake mixer behind the counter. Shot on ARRI Alexa 35, ProRes 4444 LogC4, Panavision Ultra Vintage 2x anamorphic 55mm racking to 100mm for the closing close-up at Tiffen Black Pro-Mist 1/4 filter, handheld with natural breath shifting to a smooth orbital move during the freeze/rewind, oval bokeh, horizontal streak flares, warm anamorphic falloff, Kodak Vision3 250D emulation with slight halation and 800 ASA grain, teal-amber split grade, shallow depth of field, 24fps 180-degree shutter, total runtime roughly thirty seconds. Audio diegetic only — straw pull against ice, plate and tray clatter, glass jug impact, juice splashing and droplet patter, sharp collective inhale, stool creak, distant neon hum, ambient chatter fading to silence at the freeze then a brief reversed audio blur through the rewind before resuming, no music, no dialogue except one softly murmured name.
Replace him with her and her with him in this prompt
In short replace man with girl in the reference image

[DreamAgents @dream_agents]

With yesterday's news the race is on to see how the rest of the Top 5 US AIGC platforms fill out:

1. Higgsfield
Valued at $5.4B with yesterdays a $400M Series B (~$538M total raised).

2. Runway
~$5.3B following a $315M Series E (~$860M TR)

3. Luma AI
~$4.0B following a $900M Series C round (~$950M TR)

4. HeyGen
Between $500M and $1.0B (~$75M TR)

5. Pika Labs
Between $470M and $700M (~$135M TR)

🔍 https://t.co/edKsTRP3k3

[DreamAgents @dream_agents]

The Week in AIGC:
The @higgsfield_ai Series B round puts them at the top of the Top 5 over
@pika_labs
@HeyGen
@LumaLabsAI
@runwayml
but how does @alexmashrabov stack up against them long-term?
💭
Read and sub: https://t.co/21hjarzBnG

[Danioros @Dani__oros]

DO NOT WAKE HER | SHORT FILM

I spent 4 days making this with Seedance 2.5. I usually keep my AI videos under 90 seconds, so this 2 minute film is my first attempt at telling a longer story.

This is my most ambitious short film so far. Hope you enjoy it! :D

Made with Seedance
@dreamina_ai
#DreaminaCPP #Seedance #AI

[DreamAgents @dream_agents]

It can only be "The Cow is Coming" and I can't wait to see it myself.
https://t.co/mMZL0EP00S

[DreamAgents @dream_agents]

Imagine a movie playing in cinemas that had only 300 people out of 1.4 BILLION go to see it.