Midjourney
Private
Featured
AI Image Synthesis
Founded 2021San Francisco, CA~50 employees
- Valuation
- Not disclosed(reportedly ~$10B)
- Total Funding
- Self-funded / bootstrapped
- Revenue
- ~$200M ARR(2023 estimate)
- Profit Status
- Profitable- rare in AI
- Employees
- ~50
About Midjourney
Midjourney is an independent research lab that produces an AI image synthesis service with a distinctive, highly aesthetic output style. Operated primarily through Discord, it has become the most widely recognized AI art generation tool among creatives.
Company History
Founded in 2021 by David Holz, co-founder of Leap Motion. Launched in open beta in July 2022, rapidly becoming the most recognized AI art tool. Notably profitable and bootstrapped. Released v6 in December 2023 with photorealism capabilities.
AI Models & Benchmarks
3 modelsMidjourney v6.1
Image Gen
Jul 2024
Most coherent and detailed images; much improved text in image rendering.
Midjourney v6
Image Gen
Dec 2023
Near-photorealistic quality with excellent prompt adherence.
Niji v6
Image Gen
Jan 2024
Anime and illustrated style specialist model.
Products & Services
4- Midjourney v6
- Midjourney v5
- Midjourney Web
- Niji Journey
People & ecosystem
Key People
- David Holz (CEO/Founder)
Key Investors
- None - fully bootstrapped
Competitive Landscape
- DALL-E 3
- Stable Diffusion
- Adobe Firefly
- Ideogram