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Every Breakthrough Starts With an Experiment
Introducing Pika Experiments: a public workshop of agent prototypes from Pika Labs
May 26, 2026 • By Pika Team
EVERY BREAKTHROUGH STARTS WITH AN EXPERIMENT
Introducing Pika Experiments: a public workshop of agent prototypes from Pika Labs
May 26, 2026. By the Pika Team
Big announcement: we’re opening up the Pika workshop. We’ve been hard at work building some exciting breakthroughs in agentic AI, and we’re deciding not to be precious about it. Starting today, we’re sharing exciting rough ideas we’ve been experimenting with, so you can test out early explorations, and make them your own. This is Pika Experiments. Let’s break some sh*t together.
Inviting you in
We believe things can be useful, inspiring, and fun long before they’re finished. So periodically, we’ll drop new rough experiments: prototypes, rough interfaces, and tools still taking shape. Our code will be out in the open: take it apart, build on it, run with it. There might be bugs and quirks, but that’s all part of it—these are experiments, not polished products. Cool, right?
Start experimenting at our GitHub repo
The first Experiment: Generative UI
Generative UI is where visuals and voice combine, breaking out of the basic chat. Now, instead of just responding, your agent can present and adjust visual interfaces in real time as you talk. For example, asking about your workday might produce a simple calendar UI focused only on important events. Asking about meetings with your boss could generate a filtered calendar UI with only those meetings. Asking about a product launch could lead to an entire brand positioning slide and product images. When you give feedback, your agent immediately adjusts in realtime as you watch and ultimately approve.
You talk, your agent designs
This experiment is all about building a generative presentation surface. Instead of rigid templates, the system dynamically generates HTML layouts while you watch. The interface puts visual presentation first, analyzing the content being presented and determining the most appropriate visual composition for reach response.
The generated layouts are designed for large horizontal desktop viewports and optimized for quick understanding. Layouts on the Stage are intentionally large. Hierarchy is clear. Text is minimized where possible. There's lots of whitespace and clear focus on the main elements and minimal scrolling. The compositions borrow from editorial design, presentation slides, moodboards, and graphic design systems rather than conventional web UI patterns.
Note: You’ll need the Pika MCP in order to participate. Go to pika.me/mcp for instructions on how to install.
Feedback welcome!
This is all very new and exciting. So, we’re still figuring out all the nuances, and working to make this as valuable to our users as possible. We’d love to know what you think! Join our discord community to weigh in here: https://discord.com/invite/t9BWbKzjn
