ComfyUI
San Francisco, US · Founded 2022 · 93 employees on LinkedIn · 11 known investors
Comfy is an open-source tool for building repeatable visual AI workflows by chaining multiple AI models together. It serves technical artists and creative professionals who want precise control over AI-generated visuals.
Also known as Comfy · ComfyUI
Founders & leadership
ComfyUI was founded in 2022 by Yoland Y..
Board
Investors · 11
Also in the syndicate · 2
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$78.8M disclosed across 3 of 4 rounds · 2024–2026
- $30Mgrowth roundApr 2026
Chemistry Ventures (lead), Craft Ventures (lead), Cursor Capital, Pace Capital, TruArrow
Source ↗ - $30MraisedApr 2026 · 3 sources
Craft (lead), Craft Ventures (lead), Chemistry, Cursor Capital, Pace Capital, TruArrow
Source ↗
▶$18.8MraisedSep 2025 · 20 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Yaozhong YanExecutive Officer, Director
- Junhan HuangDirector
- Christopher PaikDirector
- Yannik MarekDirector
- Offering amount
- $18.8M
- Amount sold
- $18.8M
- First sale
- Dec 2024
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2022
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Comfy develops ComfyUI, a node-graph environment for building visual AI pipelines. Users connect models, processing steps and outputs on an infinite canvas, where each model, parameter and processing step is exposed and adjustable, and every step is inspectable. Workflows can be started from community templates or built from scratch, and a simplified "App Mode" presents a workflow as an application view for newer users, with the option to switch back to the underlying node graph.
The product is offered in four packages: Comfy Desktop, which runs ComfyUI on the user's own hardware; Comfy Cloud, a hosted version of the same environment; Comfy API, which turns workflows into production endpoints; and Comfy Enterprise, positioned as enterprise-grade infrastructure. The company also offers Comfy MCP for connecting agents to the system. Supported and featured models on the platform include ByteDance's Seedance 2.5 (multi-shot video with native audio from text or image input), LTX 2.5 (video generation with audio and Diffusion Fidelity Rendering), Wan Animate 2 (motion transfer from a reference video onto a character image), MiniMax H3 (multi-modal input/output with native stereo audio, up to 2K resolution and 5-15 second generations), FLUX 3 Video and Topaz image enhancement. Featured workflow templates cover text-to-video, image-to-video, reference-to-video, product advertisement video and image upscaling.
Business model
Comfy distributes an open-source, node-based workflow tool alongside commercial offerings: a desktop application for local hardware, a hosted cloud service with a free entry tier, an API for exposing workflows as production endpoints, and an enterprise infrastructure tier. It is also the official reseller of MiniMax commercial-use licenses for running MiniMax models on customers' own hardware, with those licenses covering commercial rights to outputs, fine-tuning and LoRA training, and client and downstream work.
Paid tiers layered on a free entry point: cloud usage, API access for production workflows, enterprise infrastructure, and resale of MiniMax commercial-use licenses for local model deployment.
Traction
The site cites an ecosystem of more than 60,000 nodes and thousands of community-shared workflows, and publishes customer videos and case studies from teams using ComfyUI.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market
Market position
Positioned as a control-oriented alternative to single-purpose generative tools, emphasizing full visibility over models and steps, an open-source core with open-weight and partner model support, and a community-driven node and workflow ecosystem described as larger than any single company could build.
Node-level exposure of every model, parameter and processing step rather than a fixed pipeline; the ability to move between a simplified app view and the full graph; a large third-party node and community workflow library; support for both locally run open-weight models and hosted partner models; and exclusive reseller status for MiniMax commercial-use licenses.
Technology
A node-based graph editor on an infinite canvas where AI models, processing steps and outputs are wired together, with every parameter visible and adjustable and each step inspectable. An App Mode layer abstracts a workflow into a simplified interface, reversible to the full graph. The ecosystem includes more than 60,000 nodes plus partner nodes for specific third-party models, thousands of shareable workflows, and Comfy MCP for agent integration. Deployment spans local desktop execution, cloud execution, and API endpoints.
Go-to-market
Self-serve adoption via a free tier and desktop download, with onboarding through community workflow templates; a community marketplace of shared and remixable workflows on Comfy Workflows; model-launch promotion of newly supported partner models with try-it workflows; and upsell into cloud, API and enterprise tiers. Commercial licensing (MiniMax) is handled through a license request flow.
Technical and professional creative users who want granular control over AI-generated visuals, ranging from individuals running the desktop or free cloud tier to teams and organizations using the API and enterprise infrastructure. The site highlights customer stories and case studies from teams building with ComfyUI across multiple industries.
Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Competitors · 6
by search overlap
Companies competing with ComfyUI for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.
Timeline · 5
launches, deals, and filingsComfy is presented as the only official reseller of MiniMax commercial-use licenses for running MiniMax models on the customer's own hardware, including commercial rights to outputs, fine-tuning and LoRA training, and client and downstream work, available globally and covering audio and music.
LTX 2.5 video generation model, with audio and Diffusion Fidelity Rendering, is made available on Comfy as an open-source model with partner nodes.
MiniMax H3, with full multi-modal input/output, native stereo audio, up to 2K resolution and 5-15 second generations, is made available on Comfy with partner nodes and featured text-to-video, image-to-video and reference-to-video workflows.
ByteDance's Seedance 2.5 video model, generating multi-shot sequences with native audio from text or image input, is made available on Comfy with partner nodes and a try-it workflow.
Wan Animate 2, an open-weights model that transfers motion from a reference video onto a character image, is made available on Comfy.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
▸Research sources · 1
primary sources listed
- ComfyUIcomfy.org · web
1 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does ComfyUI do?
- Comfy builds ComfyUI, a node-based canvas for chaining AI models into controllable visual generation workflows.
- Who founded ComfyUI?
- ComfyUI was founded by Yoland Y. in 2022.
- Who are ComfyUI's investors?
- ComfyUI's investors include Abstract Ventures, Craft Ventures, Founders, Transpose Platform Management, Chemistry, Cursor Capital, ESSENCE VC, Essence Venture Capital and 1 more.
- How much funding has ComfyUI raised?
- ComfyUI has disclosed $78.8M raised across 3 of its 4 known rounds.
- Where is ComfyUI headquartered?
- ComfyUI is headquartered in San Francisco, US.