102 AI Image Generator Companies in 2026
AI image generator companies build models and apps that create images from text: image generation models, AI art and design tools, AI photo editors and headshots, and 3D and logo generators.
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- Companies
- 102
- In LeadWave's database, November 2026
- Total funding raised
- $6.3B
- Across 32 funded companies
- Median headcount
- 25
- Of 84 with a known headcount
- Median year founded
- 2020
- Of 69 with a known year
The largest AI Image Generator companies
The top 30 of 102, strongest matches first, then by size. Headcount is the latest known figure.
| Company | Website | Employees | Headcount | Funding | CEO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Hugging Face | huggingface.co | — | 627 | — | Clem Delangue | |
2 Scribe | scribehow.com | 11–50 | 280 | $30M | Jennifer Smith | |
3 Stability AI | stability.ai | — | 188 | $445.6M | Prem Akkaraju | |
4 FLORA | flora.ai | 11–50 | 180 | — | Weber Wong | |
5 Kittl | kittl.com | 11–50 | 162 | — | Nicolas Heymann | |
6 Meshy | meshy.ai | 51–200 | 130 | $450M | Ethan Hu | |
7 Playground | playground.com | — | 117 | — | — | — |
8 Generative AI APIs | fal.ai | — | 114 | $637.5M | Gorkem Yurtseven | |
9 World Labs | worldlabs.ai | 51–200 | 110 | $1.5B | Fei-Fei Li | |
10 Midjourney | midjourney.com | 51–200 | 100 | — | Red Kalab | |
11 Black Forest Labs | bfl.ai | 51–200 | 100 | $798.2M | Enes Camur | |
12 Tripo 3D | tripo3d.ai | 51–200 | 99 | $200M | Simon Song | |
13 Decart | decart.ai | 11–50 | 97 | $456M | Dean Leitersdorf | |
14 Reve Image | app.reve.com | 11–50 | 95 | — | Debbie Collins | |
15 Arcade | arcade.software | 1–10 | 88 | — | Caroline Clark | |
16 KREA | krea.ai | 51–200 | 73 | $83M | Victor Perez | |
17 Ideogram | ideogram.ai | 51–200 | 69 | $96.7M | Mohammad Norouzi | |
18 Tango | tango.us | 11–50 | 69 | $10M–50M | Daniel Giovacchini | |
19 Kinetix | kinetix.tech | 11–50 | 68 | — | Athar Butt | |
20 Dora | dora.run | — | 60 | — | — | Turki Aldwish |
21 Recraft | recraft.ai | — | 46 | $42.3M | — | Anna Dorogush |
22 KLING AI | klingai.com | — | 46 | — | Emmanuel Rodriguez Hernandez | |
23 Spline | spline.design | 11–50 | 37 | — | Alejandro León | |
24 Graphy | graphyapp.com | 11–50 | 34 | — | Andrey Vinitsky | |
25 Burp | burp.app | 11–50 | — | — | — | — |
26 NEX | nex.art | 11–50 | — | — | Alexandru David | |
27 Reducto | reducto.ai | 1–10 | 27 | — | Adit Abraham | |
28 Luma AI | lumalabs.ai | 11–50 | 21 | $1.1B | Amit Jain | |
29 Napkin AI | napkin.ai | 11–50 | 20 | — | Pramod Sharma | |
30 PhotoRoom | photoroom.com | 11–50 | 13 | $125K | Matthieu Rouif |
AI Image Generator companies at a glance
- 52% are headquartered in United States, followed by India.
- The largest is Hugging Face, with 627 employees.
- 32 have disclosed funding, $6.3B in total; 9 raised $100M or more.
- Half were founded before 2020, and 54% in 2020 or later.
- United States44 · 52%
- India6 · 7%
- Australia5 · 6%
- United Kingdom5 · 6%
- France4 · 5%
- Germany4 · 5%
- 1–1020 · 29%
- 11–5032 · 47%
- 51–20012 · 18%
- 201–5001 · 1%
- 501–1,0000 · 0%
- 1,001–5,0003 · 4%
- 5,001–10,0000 · 0%
- 10,000+0 · 0%
- Before 20000 · 0%
- 2000–20092 · 3%
- 2010–20147 · 10%
- 2015–201923 · 33%
- 2020–202224 · 35%
- 2023 or later13 · 19%
- Under $1M8 · 24%
- $1M–5M4 · 12%
- $5M–10M4 · 12%
- $10M–50M6 · 18%
- $50M–100M3 · 9%
- $100M–500M5 · 15%
- $500M–1B2 · 6%
- $1B+2 · 6%
How this list was built
A company is on this list if LeadWave tags it as a text-to-image, image, design, 3D or logo generator, or its description or website presents AI image generation.
The data comes from LeadWave's database of SaaS and AI companies, last updated in November 2026. Companies that share a website are counted once. Headcount, funding and CEO come from public sources, so some fields are blank for smaller companies.
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Frequently asked questions
LeadWave's database lists 102 AI Image Generator companies as of November 2026. This page shows the 30 largest; the full list, with CEO contacts, is part of our 15,000+ SaaS companies list.
By headcount, Hugging Face, with 627 employees, followed by Scribe and Stability AI.
United States: 52% of those with a known headquarters, followed by India at 7%.
World Labs ($1.5B), Luma AI ($1.1B) and Black Forest Labs ($798.2M), by total disclosed funding.
LeadWave's AI companies list covers 9,000+ AI companies and startups, with CEO emails, LinkedIn profiles, funding and 25+ data points in one CSV. It's on the List of AI Companies page.
An image model company trains the model that turns a prompt into pixels, such as Black Forest Labs' FLUX or Stability AI's Stable Diffusion, and sells it through an API. Image apps build on those models with editing tools, templates and workflows for one job, such as product photos or ads.