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Happy Horse

Alibaba (Taotian Future Life Lab)

Happy Horse is a video generation model line from Alibaba (Taotian Future Life Lab). The latest release is Happy Horse 1.1 (23 Jun 2026). This page tracks all 2 Happy Horse releases since 9 Apr 2026, with specs, licensing, and how to access each one.

Happy Horse 1.1

ClosedFreemiumOfficial APIConsumer app

Sharper motion, stronger character and scene consistency, higher overall visual quality; optional first-frame guidance; clips up to 15s at 1080p

License
Proprietary
Commercial use
Allowed
Availability
Official API, Consumer app
Resolution
1080p
Max duration
15s

Unveiled 2026-06-23.

Happy Horse 1.0

ClosedFreemiumOfficial APIConsumer app

Debut model from Alibaba's Taotian Future Life Lab. Held #1 Elo on the Artificial Analysis Video Arena at launch. Reference-driven control for dialogue scenes, music videos and ad work

License
Proprietary
Commercial use
Allowed
Availability
Official API, Consumer app
Audio
joint video + audio in one pass; native lip-sync in 7 languages
Resolution
1080p

Revealed 2026-04-09 (Bloomberg, 2026-04-14: 'gives China the video-creation crown'); third-party API launch on fal 2026-04-26. Built by Taotian Group's Future Life Lab, not Tongyi Lab - a separate Alibaba video line from Wan. No official announcement page located.

See Happy Horse in context on the video model timeline, or browse all model families.