ComfyUI closed a $30 million Series B round on April 24, led by Craft Ventures at a $500 million post-money valuation. The open-source visual AI creation platform now has 4 million users and 150,000 daily downloads, with total funding reaching $47 million. The full announcement is on the ComfyUI blog.

For the broader landscape, see our definitive ComfyUI workflow guide for 2026.

What Happened

The round brings ComfyUI's total raised to $47 million following a $16 million Series A led by Pace Capital in May 2025. Craft Ventures led the Series B, with participation from Pace Capital, Chemistry, TruArrow, and others. Founder Yannik Marek stated the funding will ensure "open source wins" in the creative AI space.

ComfyUI has grown into the dominant node-based interface for AI image, video, 3D, and audio workflows. The platform's 60,000+ community-built nodes let creators chain models and operations into precise, reproducible pipelines rather than relying on black-box APIs.

Why It Matters

A $500 million valuation for an open-source creative tool signals that the market sees long-term value in giving creators direct control over AI workflows. While services like Midjourney and DALL-E abstract away the process, ComfyUI's node graph approach appeals to creators who want precision, reproducibility, and the ability to swap models freely.

The funding will go toward scaling Comfy Cloud for team-based collaborative workflows, improving local application stability, and maintaining same-day integration for new model releases. Recent additions like GPT Image 2 nodes and v0.19.0's music and text generation show the pace of ecosystem expansion.

Key Details

  • Raised: $30M Series B ($47M total)
  • Valuation: $500M post-money
  • Lead investor: Craft Ventures
  • Users: 4M+ active users, 150K+ daily downloads
  • Ecosystem: 60,000+ community-built nodes
  • Previous round: $16M Series A (May 2025, Pace Capital)
  • Use of funds: Comfy Cloud scaling, collaborative workflows, local app stability

What to Do Next

ComfyUI remains free and open-source at comfy.org. For teams, Comfy Cloud offers hosted infrastructure for shared workflows. Recent coverage of ComfyUI ecosystem updates: frame-synced AI music via Sonilo, Seedance 2.0 video generation, and Quiver SVG generation. Full details in TechCrunch's coverage.