AniShort has secured nearly 100 million yuan in financing, setting a new financing record in the AI short-drama tool track.

In June 2026, 8.8 Digital officially announced that its AI short - drama collaboration platform AniShort had completed a financing of nearly 100 million yuan. Led by Beijing Taizhonghe, multiple institutions participated in the investment, and existing shareholders increased their stakes across the board. This is not only a crucial leap in the company's development but also sets a record for the largest single - financing of domestic AI short - drama tool products in 2026.

Just three months ago, on March 13th, 8.8 Digital globally launched the AniShort AI short - drama collaboration platform, which quickly disrupted the industry with its revolutionary product form. 8.8 Digital stated that the funds from this round of financing will be entirely invested in technology R & D, global market expansion, and the construction of a creator ecosystem. The focus will be on the R & D of the intelligent agent for the AI short - drama platform, driving the entire industry into the era of industrialized production with intelligent agent collaboration.

Entry of a leading digital human enterprise

Equipped with full - stack technology, 8.8 Digital directly enters the short - drama market worth hundreds of billions. It is not a new player but a cornerstone enterprise in the AIGC field with over a decade of in - depth experience.

As a national high - tech enterprise, since its establishment in 2014, the company has been deeply involved in the underlying technology and commercialization of AIGC. It has invested thousands of yuan in R & D funds and independently developed the first domestic digital human generation model XMEN.AI. It is one of the few full - stack manufacturers in the industry that can achieve real - time generation and driving of all types of 2D/2.5D/3D digital humans and holds nearly a hundred core AI digital human invention patents.

Relying on its strong technological barriers, 8.8 Digital has built a three - in - one product matrix of "software + hardware + deployment services". Its core product, the "Yihua" digital human intelligent agent creation platform, has signed contracts with hundreds of channel partners and served over 20,000 enterprises, with sales exceeding 100 million yuan. It has long - term strategic partnerships with leading institutions such as Xinhua News Agency's National Key Laboratory, Tencent, and 360, making it an absolute benchmark for the commercialization of digital humans in China.

With a decade of technological foundation and a deep understanding of content production, 8.8 Digital accurately seized the opportunity: Strategically layout the AI short - drama market, launch AniShort, and be the first in the world to introduce an AI short - drama collaboration intelligent agent, directly bringing a productivity revolution to the industry.

Not a tool, but a production system

AniShort redefines how AI short - dramas should be made. The traditional short - drama industry has long been burdened by three major problems: high marginal cost, long production cycle, and difficult team collaboration. The emergence of AniShort solves all these problems at the underlying logic level.

It is a full - process one - stop AI short - drama collaboration platform that connects the complete closed - loop of script creation, storyboard generation, image generation, video generation, intelligent editing, team collaboration management, and final review. The platform is fully integrated with top - tier global AI models such as Seedance2.0, Gemini, Deepseek, Banana, and Image2, and has created a multi - canvas node - based cursor - level collaborative technology, which is directly referred to in the industry as the Feishu of the AI short - drama industry.

Its core capabilities directly address the pain points:

• One - click disassembly of a 100,000 - word novel and one - click generation of the main storyboard
• Batch and automated task execution by intelligent agents, increasing the production efficiency by a hundredfold
• Refined team permission management and full - line control of member efficiency
• Full - process online collaboration, saying goodbye to inefficient cross - software and cross - team communication

The most revolutionary aspect of this release is that it is the first in the world to introduce an AI short - drama collaboration intelligent agent. It is no longer a single - point auxiliary tool but realizes full - process automated hosting and intelligent collaboration, specifically designed for the collaboration of professional short - drama teams:

Full - process intelligent agent AI butler provides end - to - end hosting from creativity to the final product, automatically generating script outlines, storyboard scripts, and prompts, and quickly producing high - quality short - dramas of dozens of minutes.

Node - based automated workflow uses a visualization engine to disassemble the process, supporting batch parallel processing, enabling the real industrialized mass production of short - dramas.

Multi - canvas real - time intelligent collaboration features cursor - level synchronization and multi - person online editing. Intelligent agents automatically plan and execute tasks, increasing the efficiency of a 3 - person team by hundreds of times.

Online quick editing + professional film review features a pioneering editing system embedded in the workflow, supporting quick editing of tens of thousands of nodes simultaneously; dual - view film review enables frame - level annotation, with encrypted cloud delivery and zero - loss security.

Refined management and control of team resources allows the main account to allocate computing power and manage permissions, preventing losses and project leakage risks from the source.

A set of data shows the degree of disruption: Compared with the traditional model, AniShort increases the production efficiency by hundreds of times and reduces the comprehensive cost by 85%. Currently, the platform has achieved: producing over 5,000 minutes of short - dramas per day and over 40 complete short - dramas per day, directly setting a benchmark for the industrialized production capacity of AI short - dramas.

An instant hit upon launch

Verified by data, revenue, and awards! After its official launch on March 13, 2026, AniShort achieved the steepest growth curve in the industry:

Explosion in user scale

The number of enterprise team users quickly exceeded 10,000, with over 30,000 projects initiated in total. The paid conversion rate of core users reached 64.8%!

Commercialization closed - loop achieved

The monthly subscription and recharge revenue reached nearly 10 million yuan, with a 500% month - on - month revenue growth. 85% of paid users continued to repurchase, and the highest single - recharge amount of an enterprise was nearly one million yuan, forming a high - stickiness, high - growth, and sustainable revenue model.

International authoritative certification

The AI ink - wash short film "One Thought" supported by AniShort won: the only Best AI Short Film Award in the Chinese region at the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Film Festival (WAIFF) and the Best Technology Award in the AI unit of the Beijing International Film Festival, demonstrating global leadership in technology and artistic expression.

Aiming for global leadership

Winning the double crown in AI short - drama tools in 2026! The industry potential has already provided the answer: In 2025, the Chinese short - drama market exceeded 100 billion yuan, and it is expected to exceed 500 billion yuan by 2030, with AI short - dramas accounting for over 90%. This is a more certain and lucrative battlefield worth hundreds of billions for AI tool products.

With nearly 100 million yuan in financing, 8.8 Digital has a clear goal: to strive to make AniShort rank among the top in terms of product strength and market share in the AI short - drama market tool category in 2026 and become the absolute leader in the global AI short - drama tool track.

The following five major strategies will be fully implemented in the future:

1. Core technology breakthrough: Iterate the platform to version 2.0, deepen intelligent collaboration, upgrade the AI assistant Ani, and continuously improve efficiency and quality;

2. Industry ecosystem improvement: Build full - link services such as order co - creation, copyright trading, and operation and distribution to achieve a closed - loop from production to monetization;

3. In - depth government - enterprise cooperation: Co - build an OPC short - drama incubation and entrepreneurship base, create exclusive computing power infrastructure, and provide computing power subsidies directly to creators;

4. Overseas market expansion: Collaborate with Baotong Technology and Yihuan Network, relying on operational resources in over 150 countries and regions around the world to quickly promote globalization;

5. Original IP incubation: Rely on the user ecosystem and production capacity advantages to incubate high - quality IPs and expand to long - form videos and theater movies.

Founder Geng Guangxing:

AI is reshaping content production, and the short - drama industry is entering the golden age of industrialization! Geng Guangxing, the founder & CEO of 8.8 Digital, said: "AI technology is reshaping the underlying logic of content production. The short - drama industry is entering the golden age of industrialized production, and the AI short - drama market is the largest value territory for digital actors."

"The core value of AniShort is not just a creative tool but a productivity platform that empowers the entire industry. This round of financing will help us accelerate technology iteration and the construction of a creator ecosystem. We will join hands with more creators and partners to build a prosperous ecosystem for the AI short - drama industry."