Imagen
AI photo editing that learns each photographer's unique style — $34M raised, $10M+ ARR
imagen-ai.comAnnual Revenue
$10M+ (December 2022, likely much higher now)
MRR
Not disclosed (likely $800K+)
Team
50-100 employees (estimated)
Funding
Venture-Backed
Founder
Yotam Gil, Yoav Chai & Ron Oren
Co-Founders
The idea was born from Yoav Chai's wedding in July 2018 — waited months for photos and realized AI could learn a photographer's unique editing style from just 3,000 sample images
What Imagen Does
Imagen is an AI-powered photo editing and culling platform for professional photographers. Its breakthrough feature is 'Personal AI Profiles' — the AI analyzes 3,000+ of a photographer's previously edited photos and learns their unique editing style, then applies that style to new photos at 0.33 seconds per image. The platform also offers AI culling (sorting thousands of photos to find the best shots using face detection, blink detection, and context-aware AI), automatic backups, and deep Lightroom Classic integration. A photographer who normally spends 2 hours editing per 1 hour of shooting can reduce editing time by 90%.
Revenue Highlights
- Profitable at time of $30M Series A — rare for venture-backed SaaS
- 150M+ photos processed per year on the platform
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