The self-developed short drama AIGC platform solves the pain points in content production, and Xiongxiong AI plans to raise 1 million yuan.
I. Imbalance between Industry Supply and Demand: Multiple Rigid Pain Points in Short Drama Creation and Global Expansion
The current domestic short drama market regulatory system continues to improve, the industry has bid farewell to extensive growth, and cost reduction, compliance, and mass production have become the core demands of practitioners. In the overseas short video market, AI short dramas have achieved outstanding growth. Industry data shows that the overseas AI short drama market will reach USD 650 million in 2026, with a year-on-year growth rate of over 550%, and the track penetration rate is less than 5%, leaving ample blue ocean space. However, both domestic and overseas practitioners are facing irreconcilable industry contradictions, which has spawned market demand for integrated tool platforms.
There are three long-term pain points on the domestic creation side: traditional live-action short dramas have long shooting cycles and high labor and venue costs; market piracy adaptation and unauthorized editing occur frequently, resulting in a high number of copyright disputes; tools for script generation, image production, editing, and multi-platform distribution are independent of each other, and creators need to switch between multiple software to complete the entire process, making industrial mass production difficult. The pain points in the overseas market are even more prominent: the cost of overseas live-action shooting is 5 to 10 times that of China, and there is a lack of integrated short drama tools adapted to Chinese web novels, multilingual generation, cross-border settlement, and regional compliance risk control. Domestic creators have scattered channels for global expansion, and there are thresholds in taxation, copyright, and localized review.
The market supply side has obvious shortcomings. Most AI tools on the market only cover a single link of video generation, lack genuine IP authorization resources, cannot take into account domestic multi-channel distribution and overseas cross-border monetization, and are difficult to form a closed-loop service. Industry data predicts that the domestic AI short drama vertical market will exceed RMB 400 billion in 2026, and the total scale of the global content ecosystem will reach RMB 1.2 trillion. The gap between the huge market volume and the capabilities of existing tools leaves room for the development of a full-link AIGC short drama SaaS platform. Based on front-line practical experience in short drama operations, the Xiongxiong AI team targeted the mismatch between industry supply and demand and launched platform R&D in the second half of 2025 to specifically solve the pain points of the entire industry chain.
The project encountered two core obstacles during the R&D phase: general large models have obvious defects in adapting to short drama scenarios, with distorted character images, out-of-sync audio and video, and plot rhythms that do not conform to the logic of short dramas, directly affecting the quality of finished videos. The commercial authorization threshold for IPs on leading web novel platforms is relatively high, and building a standardized genuine material library takes far more time than expected. In addition, there was no promotion budget in the cold start phase, which limited the early user growth rate. The team spent three months completing the special optimization of the short drama-specific model, connecting with leading web novel platforms such as Yuewen, Fanqie, and Qimao to obtain official adaptation authorization, and completed natural cold startup relying on user word-of-mouth. The platform was officially launched and put into operation in January 2026.
II. Self-developed Exclusive AIGC Model Builds Full-Link Services to Form Differentiated Competitive Barriers
Xiongxiong AI is one of the few cloud-based SaaS platforms in China that has opened up the full chain of genuine IP authorization, AI intelligent creation, compliant content review, global traffic distribution, and cross-border revenue monetization. It builds core technical barriers based on its self-developed AIGC large model dedicated to short dramas, which is different from general AI video tools on the market. The platform adopts a pure cloud web architecture, no local deployment is required, and it is compatible with multiple terminals such as mobile phones, computers, and tablets. It can be used by zero-foundation individual creators and large-scale MCN institutions, covering the full-scenario needs of lightweight creation and industrial mass production.
At the technical level, the team is led by former ByteDance big data algorithm engineers to develop the model, completing full-process algorithm optimization for the narrative rhythm, character shots, and dubbing logic of short dramas, fundamentally solving common industry problems such as distorted finished videos and audio-video misalignment caused by general AI. The platform can automatically complete the entire process of script generation, storyboard drawing, and digital human video production. The AI production mode can reduce the production cost of short dramas by 90%, mass-produce hundreds of short drama contents per day, and the overall production efficiency is increased by more than ten times.
The compliance and commercial closed loop are the core differentiated advantages of the project. In the copyright link, the platform is directly connected to leading web novel channels to obtain commercial adaptation qualifications, and is equipped with an AI original content depository system to avoid infringement risks from the source. In the domestic distribution link, it supports one-click batch publishing on Douyin, Kuaishou, and WeChat Channels, automatically aggregates the playback data of various channels, and uniformly completes revenue reconciliation and settlement. The global expansion section has a built-in multilingual localized generation model, equipped with a regional compliance risk control system, adapted to mainstream overseas short video channels such as TikTok and YouTube, opening up cross-border fund settlement and overseas tax compliance paths, and solving multiple obstacles for creators to go global in one stop.
As of the press time, Xiongxiong AI has completed six months of commercial cold start testing, obtained the "Radio and Television Program Production and Operation License", and the ICP value-added telecommunications business license is in the approval process. The platform has not invested in paid traffic throughout the process, and has accumulated users relying on natural word-of-mouth. The total number of registered users has exceeded 2,800, with a monthly compound growth rate of 61.8%. The user structure is diversified, with individual creators accounting for 62%, small and micro e-commerce merchants accounting for 21%, MCN and content studios accounting for 13%, and government and enterprise channel partners accounting for 4%. The multi-level paid customer base stabilizes the cash flow base of the project and provides a user base for the expansion of overseas value-added services.
From the perspective of user feedback, one-stop full-link services and low-threshold cloud operations are the core advantages of the platform. Most practitioners report that the integrated tool greatly reduces the cost of cross-software operations, and the AI mass production mode greatly reduces labor expenses. At the same time, users have put forward optimization requirements such as expanding the popular IP material library and upgrading the institutional mass production function, and the relevant iteration plan has been included in the long-term product roadmap.
III. Implementation of a Four-Dimensional Revenue Growth Business Model, with Financing Boosting Large-Scale Expansion at Home and Abroad
Xiongxiong AI adopts an asset-light SaaS operation model. The marginal cost continues to decline with the scale of users, and the scale effect is significant. It builds a four-layer stable revenue growth system covering short-term cash flow and long-term growth curves. The first layer is a tiered membership subscription service, which sets gradient rights and interests for different creation needs, constituting the basic and stable income of the platform. The second layer is pay-per-use video generation to meet the flexible production needs of creators for high frequency and large production capacity. The third layer is the revenue sharing from short drama broadcasts at home and abroad, relying on the global distribution capability to continuously obtain the long-tail value of content. The fourth layer is overseas localized supporting value-added services, providing high-margin supporting services such as multilingual customization and regional compliance review for global expansion merchants.
In terms of long-term development planning, Xiongxiong AI has formulated a three-stage growth path to implement domestic deep cultivation and global layout in stages. In the short term (1 to 2 years), the platform will consolidate the basic domestic business, build a national urban agency channel network, complete the iteration of the Southeast Asian multilingual model and the construction of an overseas compliance system, and open up the full-link monetization channels at home and abroad. The mid-term 3-year goal is to become a domestic benchmark platform for AI short drama industrialization, accumulate 10,000 paid users, and achieve large-scale revenue from overseas business. In the long term (4 to 5 years), we will build an ecosystem that empowers tens of millions of creators, with overseas revenue accounting for more than 40%, link upstream and downstream IP, distribution, and operation resources to build a content co-creation network, and strive for a leading position as a global lightweight AIGC content service provider.
Xiongxiong AI plans to raise RMB 1 million this time, corresponding to the transfer of 15% equity. The funds have clear investment directions: 40% will be used for technology R&D investment and team expansion, continuously iterating the short drama-specific AIGC model and improving the institutional mass production function; 30% will be invested in market promotion and national channel investment promotion to expand the scale of paid users and build an urban agency cooperation network; 20% will be used for the procurement of genuine web novel IPs to expand the popular material library and enhance the platform's content supply capacity; the remaining 10% will be invested in overseas localized layout to improve the multilingual model, cross-border settlement and regional risk control system.
The core team of the project has compound industrial capabilities. Wang Meng, CEO and technical leader, is a serial entrepreneur in the short drama track, coordinating project strategy, business cooperation and overall operation; he has experience in big data algorithm R&D at ByteDance, leading the optimization of the full-link AIGC model. Wei Wei, the operation leader, has deeply engaged in the global operation of short dramas and cross-border global expansion business, responsible for channel expansion and the implementation of commercialization at home and abroad. The team configuration, which fully covers technology R&D, content industry, and global operation, supports the continuous iteration and market expansion of the platform.
Wang Meng, CEO of Xiongxiong AI, said that AIGC technology is restructuring the global content production model, short dramas are the content track with the fastest growth rate, and compliance, industrialization, and globalization are the determined development directions of the industry. The team builds a full-link platform based on the real pain points of front-line practitioners, with the core goal of lowering the threshold for short drama creation and allowing small and medium creators and small and micro merchants to share the industry's growth dividends. The current track faces challenges such as diversion of competing products, IP reserve investment, and large-scale expansion funds, but the platform's exclusive full-link compliance closed loop has formed a differentiated barrier. The industry penetration rate is still at a low level, and the market window is sufficient. The team is expected to rely on this round of financing to quickly seize market share and grow into a platform-level service provider in the track.