The Ultimate AI Video Stack: Up-to-Date Best Tools to Make Content With AI
0Justine Moore - Partner at a16z and the creator behind @VentureTwins - walks through her current AI video creation stack in this hands-on demo. She showcases tools like Veo 3, Kling 2.1, Hedra, Higgsfield, and Krea, and shares how she uses each one for specific creative tasks:
Text-to-video generation
Animating still images
Creating talking characters with cloned voices
Adding cinematic visual effects
Testing and enhancing outputs across multiple models
Whether you're a creator, founder, or just AI-curious, Justine shares practical tips on prompting, model selection, and building your own AI-powered content workflow.
Timecodes:
00:00 AI Video Tools
00:38 Exploring Veo 3 for Text-to-Video
04:04 Animating Images with Kling 2.1
06:56 Creating Talking Characters with Hedra
09:39 Adding Visual Effects with Higgsfield
11:34 Using Open Source Models + Enhancing Videos on Krea
Resources:
Find Justine on X: https://x.com/venturetwins
Veo 3 : https://deepmind.google/models/veo/
Kling: https://app.klingai.com/
Hedra: https://www.hedra.com/
Higgsfield: https://www.krea.ai/
Krea: https://higgsfield.ai/
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