HappyHorse-1.0 Blog
News, model comparisons, and analysis — updated as the story develops.
Alibaba Confirmed as HappyHorse-1.0 Creator — Who Is Zhang Di?
Bloomberg and The Information confirmed Alibaba's Taotian Group built HappyHorse-1.0, led by former Kling AI technical lead Zhang Di.
Read more →HappyHorse-1.0 vs SkyReels V4 — Who Wins in 2026?
SkyReels V4 debuted April 3 with 1080p native audio at 32FPS. How does it stack up against HappyHorse-1.0 on real benchmarks?
Read more →HappyHorse-1.0 vs Wan 2.2 vs HunyuanVideo: Which Open-Source AI Video Model in 2026?
Side-by-side comparison of the top three open-source AI video models — covering quality, speed, native audio, GPU requirements, and which to use for your workload.
Read more →How to Generate 1080p AI Video with Synchronized Audio Using HappyHorse-1.0
A technical deep-dive into joint audio-video synthesis — DMD-2 distillation, MagiCompiler, multilingual lip-sync, and inference setup on H100/A100 hardware.
Read more →Is HappyHorse-1.0 Really Open Source? Claims vs. Verified Facts
Press releases say "fully open source" — but GitHub and HuggingFace still show "coming soon". Here's what's actually verified.
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