Midjourney, Inc. is an independent, community-funded AI research lab that builds image and video generation models without external investors. Midjourney's Twitter Score is 252 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #1,499 (top 0.5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Midjourney was founded by David Holz, who serves as its CEO. The lab operates with a team focused on AI models spanning image generation, video, software, medical, and hardware projects. Midjourney released the first public version of its video generation model on June 19, 2025, a tool that animates uploaded images or images created within the platform. Midjourney also developed Midjourney Scanner, its first hardware product, in partnership with Butterfly Network, an ultrasound-based full-body scanner project.
Midjourney announced a partnership with Meta to license its aesthetic technology for Meta models and products, including technical collaboration between the two companies' research teams. Despite the partnership, David Holz confirmed that Midjourney remains independent and community-backed with no outside investors. No official crypto token, blockchain protocol, or VC fund affiliation has been confirmed for Midjourney.
Midjourney has 461,268 followers as of August 2026 on X and has published 1,545 posts. Midjourney has been mentioned by 705 accounts a total of 2,025 times.
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