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Midjourney

Application

Image generation software creating art from text descriptions.

Total funding$0

Valuation—

Employees60

Founded2021

HeadquartersSan Francisco, USA

StatusPrivate

Product

Selected offerings — the AI products recorded here, not the vendor's full catalogue.

• Midjourney Application Sold on its own

  Image generation service used from a web app and a Discord bot.

Closest alternatives 3

RRecraftPrivate · $42M raisedListed on CB Insights' Midjourney alternatives/competitors page as a direct image-generation/editing tool.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeSourced competitorCreate images and videoCompareKKreaPrivate · $83M raisedBoth are named direct image/video-generation competitors in Krea's own Contrary Research profile; both products carry generate-visual-media.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeSourced competitorCreate images and videoCompareIIdeogramPrivate1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeSourced competitorCreate images and videoCompare

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both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareLLeonardo.AiAcquired ($31M deal)Midjourney and Leonardo AI do comparable work on image editing and image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded; Leonardo.Ai is acquired, with no independent scale.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareHHiggsfieldPrivate · $1.3BMidjourney and Higgsfield do comparable work on image editing and image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareKKlaviyoPublic · $5.5BMidjourney and Klaviyo Image Remix do comparable work on image editing and image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeComparePLPika LabsPrivate · $470MMidjourney and Pika AI Trendmaker do comparable work on image editing; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareFFigmaPublic · $14.4BMidjourney and Figma do comparable work on image editing; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareAAdobePublic · $115.9BMidjourney and Adobe Firefly do comparable work on image editing and image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareAApplePublic · $4.6TMidjourney and Image Playground do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareLLLuma LabsPrivate · $3.9BMidjourney and Luma Agents do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareBFBlack Forest LabsPrivate · $3.3BMidjourney and Playground do comparable work on image editing and image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareRRunwayPrivate · $5.3BMidjourney and Runway do comparable work on image editing and image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareRReplitPrivate · $9BMidjourney and Replit Design do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareTTypefacePrivateMidjourney and Typeface Prompt do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareBByteDancePrivateMidjourney and Dreamina do comparable work on image editing and image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; scale not recorded for either.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareKKuaishouPublic · $18.6BMidjourney and Kling AI do comparable work on image editing and image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSShopifyPublic · $196.7BMidjourney and Sidekick do comparable work on image editing; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareEElevenLabsPrivate · $11BMidjourney and Image to Video AI Conversion do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMMiniMaxPublic · $12.6BMidjourney and MiniMax Design do comparable work on image editing and image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareYYandexPublicMidjourney and Alice AI do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareKKakaoPublic · $16BMidjourney and Kanana do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareJJasperPrivateMidjourney and Jasper do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareDDecartPrivate · $4BMidjourney and Delulu (by Decart) do comparable work on image editing; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareAAlphabet (Google)Public · $4.2TMidjourney and Mixboard do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSAStability AIPrivate · $495.9MMidjourney and Brand Studio do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareFFalPrivateMidjourney and fal Agent do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; scale not recorded for either; ships AI agent, infrastructure service and 1 more rather than the same layer.1 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareXxAIAcquired ($230B deal)Midjourney and Grok Imagine API do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded; xAI is acquired, with no independent scale.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareCCaptionsPrivate · $500MMidjourney and AI Edit both serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.Shared product typeCompareDD-IDPrivateMidjourney and Creative Reality Studio both serve buyers who need to create images and video; scale not recorded for either.Shared product typeCompareHOHour OnePrivateMidjourney and Reals both serve buyers who need to create images and video; scale not recorded for either.Shared product typeCompareIInVideoPrivate · $52.5M raisedMidjourney and invideo AI both serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.Shared product typeCompareNNeuralGaragePrivate · $1.5M raisedMidjourney and SyncMonster both serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.Shared product typeCompareSSynthesiaPrivate · $4BMidjourney and Synthesia API both serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.Shared product typeCompareCCivitaiPrivate · $5.1M raisedMidjourney and Civitai do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded; ships API service and platform rather than the same layer.1 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareMManusPrivateMidjourney and Manus do comparable work on image generation; scale not recorded for either; ships AI agent rather than the same layer.1 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareSStepFunPrivate · $10BMidjourney and 阶跃AI (StepFun AI) do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareAAlibabaPublic · $273.4BMidjourney and Qwen do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareIIntelPublic · $463.7BMidjourney and Intel AI Playground do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSESamsung ElectronicsPublic · $1.2TMidjourney and Galaxy AI do comparable work on image editing; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareBBaiduPublic · $31.6BMidjourney and Baidu Wenxin Assistant do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMPMeta PlatformsPublic · $1.5TMidjourney and Meta AI do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareNCNAVER CloudPrivateMidjourney and Papago Image Translation do comparable work on image editing; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareOOpenAIPrivate · $852BMidjourney and ChatGPT do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareCColossyanPrivateMidjourney and Cora both serve buyers who need to create images and video; scale not recorded for either; ships AI agent rather than the same layer.Different layerCompareHHeyGenPrivate · $500MMidjourney and HeyGen both serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.Shared product typeCompareSSenseTimePublic · $7.7BMidjourney and Kapi Cam do comparable work on image generation; Midjourney's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareZZ.ai (Zhipu AI)Public · $58.6BMidjourney and Z.ai Model API do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare

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Sources

Total funding

News reporting · 27 Aug 2026

Midjourney has never raised outside funding, per its Forbes company profile and independent Forbes/Bloomberg reporting confirming the same. $0 is a recorded fact — a bootstrapped company — not a missing figure.

Employees

News reporting · Apr 2026

Forbes company profile for Midjourney, "Employees" stated as of April 2026. Read 2026-08-27.

Founded

Wikipedia · 11 Sep 2026

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