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Reviewed and published by trentmaziarz, May 11, 2026. Discovered and drafted by our automated research pipeline.

Pika deployed AI Selves (at pika.me), a product that lets users create a personalized AI avatar of themselves with persistent memory, voice, and the ability to post, message, and interact across platforms. Public access was opened in March 2026.

Details

AI Selves, operated under pika.me (a separate product from pika.art), allows users to create a 'living AI version' of themselves by uploading a selfie, recording their voice, and answering personality questions. The resulting AI Self can send messages, post content, respond on platforms such as Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord, Signal, iMessage, and Google Chat, and participate in live video calls via PikaStream 1.0. PikaStream 1.0, announced in April 2026, powers real-time video chat for AI Selves at 24 FPS with approximately 1.5 seconds of latency. Pika CEO Demi Guo confirmed the product publicly via an X post and a YouTube video in February 2026; public access was opened on March 26, 2026.

Products affected

Pika AI Selves (pika.me)PikaStream 1.0

Sources & Evidence

Company Disclosure

Company Disclosure
Pika – Create Your Pika Agent | AI Agent Platform
Pika (pika.me)·Apr 2026
https://www.pika.me/

News Article

News Article
Pika Labs launches real-time video chat with an AI avatar version of yourself in meetings
AlternativeTo·Apr 2026
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/pika-labs-launches-real-time-video-chat-with-an-ai-avatar-version-of-yourself-in-meetings/
News Article
Pika's Demi Guo launches 'AI Selves' — a personalized always-on avatar that learns and monetizes your expertise
TBPN Digest·Feb 2026
https://www.tbpndigest.com/story/2026-02-26/pikas-demi-guo-launches-ai-selves-a-personalized-always-on-avatar-that-learns-and-monetizes-your-expertise

Social Media

Social Media
Pika on X: Introducing Pika AI Selves
X (formerly Twitter) — @pika_labs·Feb 2026
https://x.com/pika_labs/status/2024919175878377587

Cite this record

Trace Foundation. (2026). Pika: Pika deployed AI Selves (at pika.me), a product that lets users create a personalized AI avatar of themselves with persistent memory, voice, and the ability to post, message, and interact across platforms. Public access was opened in March 2026 (data as of 2026-05-11) [Data set record]. AI Trace. https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/2e4c03ca-6c3c-4cbf-ab82-a127c196840d. Accessed October 4, 2026.

Stable link
https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/2e4c03ca-6c3c-4cbf-ab82-a127c196840d
Data as of
May 11, 2026
Last verified
May 11, 2026

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