Pika open-sources Pika H3 Flex and opens it on the API
10/30/2026 — 10/30, 02:18·1 sources (all)·2 reports (all)
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- Pika released Pika H3 Flex as open source from day one, with code on GitHub and weights on Hugging Face, billed as a flexible, fast model fo…
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On 2026-10-30, Pika announced via its X account (@pika_labs) that Pika H3 Flex is open source from day 1. The code is hosted on GitHub and the weights are hosted on Hugging Face, and both were made available from the model's first day of release. Pika said everything built into the model was designed to give creators flexibility and speed to explore, and users can pull the code and weights to start using it.
In a follow-up announcement the same day, Pika said Pika H3 Flex is available through the Pika API Club, with API access priced from $0.01/sec. Pika is also giving away 15 generations per day for the next two weeks. Both announcements were made on 2026-10-30, and neither message describes any further plans beyond the open source release and the API availability.
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Latest turnPika says Pika H3 Flex is now callable on the Pika API Club, priced from $0.01 per second of generation. For the next two weeks the company is also giving away 15 free generations per day.
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Pika says Pika H3 Flex is now callable on the Pika API Club, priced from $0.01 per second of generation. For the next two weeks the company is also giving away 15 free generations per day.
X:Pika (@pika_labs)AI score 53Pika says Pika H3 Flex is open source from day one, with the code on GitHub and the weights on Hugging Face. The company says the model was built to give creators the flexibility and speed to explore with precision.
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