Midjourney

01 · About

Founded 2022 · San Francisco, United States

Founders

David Holz
Founder, CEO
Previously co-founder of Leap Motion. He describes Midjourney as an independent research lab.

02 · What they do

Domain of activity

2 areas · 4 technologies · 2 industries

What they do2Areas

Content generation
Multimodal models

How they do it4Technologies

Generative AI
Foundation Models
Computer vision
Multimodal AI

Who for2Industries

Software & Technology
Media & entertainment

03 · Geography

Global presence

HQ San Francisco · 1 offices · 3 regions

GlobalUSANorth America

04 · Metrics

Scale & funding

founded 2022

2022founded

growthdevelopment stage

Privatenot listed

activestatus

06 · Relations

Organizational relations

1 strategic relations

Strategic relations

1

Compute partner
GoogleStarting with the fourth version, Midjourney's models are trained on Google TPUs in Google Cloud (confirmed by Midjourney in a PR Newswire press release).

07 · Classification

Profile & metadata

4 classification · 8 external links

Classification

Statusactive
Development stagegrowth
Listed onNoprivate
Organization typeAI Lab

External links

08 · Related content

Articles

3 articles

News15 July 2026

PixVerse raises $439M at over $2B valuation — a bet on the generative video market

Singapore-based startup PixVerse closed its Series C at $439M total with a valuation above $2B. The company is betting on three video generation model lines — consumer, professional, and world models — as the market consolidates following OpenAI's exit.

News5 July 2026

Midjourney vs. Hollywood: Prove you use AI yourselves

In its copyright dispute with Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros., Midjourney has moved to compel the studios to disclose their internal AI practices. The startup argues that if the studios themselves train models on copyrighted content, their lawsuit is hypocrisy.

News18 June 2026

Midjourney Medical: the AI image firm pivots to full-body ultrasound

Midjourney has unveiled Midjourney Medical — a full-body ultrasound scanner aiming to rival MRI. The first unit is set to open in a San Francisco spa before the end of 2027.