Built for the timeline, built for volume
Pika never tried to be cinema. Pika 2.2 is the roster's social specialist: fast clips, playful physics, and Pikaffects. The one-tap effects (inflate, melt, explode, squish) that built its meme reputation. It's built for the way social actually works: post daily, iterate constantly, kill nine takes to find the one that pops. It is not in the OpenClips composer yet.
Effects first, then the rest
Pikaffects are the draw, and Pika's playful physics are the engine behind them. None of it is dispatchable here until the model lands. Until then, cast Grok Imagine 1.5 for speed, Kling 3.0 for UGC-style realism, Seedance for cinematic control. For "make this product explode into candy by lunch," Seedance 2.0 drafts it today, with Grok Imagine 1.5 when speed matters more than control.
