Companies

Higgsfield AI

higgsfield.ai

AI-native creative studio helping creators, brands, and filmmakers generate cinematic videos and images.

HQSan Francisco, California, United States
Employees11-50
Funding$138M
Valuation$1.3B
Revenue$200M ARR
93 active roles
Profile 8mo agoJobs checked 3d ago
Specialization
Computer Vision
Business
Model Developmentand 1 more business values
  • Software Applications
Market
Media
Ecosystem
Applications
Customers
Consumersand 1 more customers values
  • Enterprises
More details
Organization type
Commercial Company
Ecosystem
Applications
Business
Model Development, Software Applications
Specialization
Computer Vision
Market
Media
Customers
Consumers, Enterprises
Delivery models
Hosted Software
Revenue models
Not classified
Listing status
Not classified
Latest equity round
Series A
Reported funding amount
$50M-$200M

About

Higgsfield AI is an all-in-one generative AI creative studio for creators, brands, and filmmakers, producing professional videos, images, and animations. It differentiates itself through proprietary models and a reasoning engine that coordinates narrative structure, camera logic, visual consistency, and partner models in a full-stack creative workflow.

Market

Higgsfield competes in generative AI video and image creation software, spanning creator tools, cinematic production, social content, advertising, and enterprise campaign workflows. It positions itself as a full creative workspace that combines multiple AI models with proprietary tools, camera and lens controls, and cinematic motion presets, differentiating it from more narrowly focused generation, editing, avatar, or advertising platforms.

Target Customers

Higgsfield targets creative professionals such as filmmakers, music-video directors, content creators, and marketers who need cinematic video and image production. Its enterprise audience includes marketing teams, agencies, media teams, and larger brands seeking to generate, test, and scale advertising and campaign content.

At a Glance

Problem

Higgsfield AI addresses the bottleneck of producing high-quality video and visual content at the volume demanded by modern social and marketing channels. Social platforms require a constant stream of content, while conventional production depends on equipment, crews, locations, and costly shoots; this is especially painful for brands and marketing teams that need many creative variations rather than one finished commercial. The company’s core customer pull is already concentrated among social-media marketers, who account for about 85% of platform usage.

The clearest “killer” use case is turning a product or campaign concept into ready-to-distribute advertising creative quickly and repeatedly. Higgsfield’s product-ad workflow lets a user paste a product URL and generate a social-first ad, while fashion brands can create virtual runways and dynamic lookbooks without the expense of a physical shoot. This shifts video production from episodic, high-cost projects toward scalable creative testing and content production.

Product / Service

Higgsfield is a browser-based, end-to-end AI creative studio for generating images, videos, animations, ads, and filmmaking assets. Users can move from prompts or reference material to cinematic video in one workspace, access multiple leading models—including Kling, Veo, Sora, and Seedance—and control camera movement, motion, style, lenses, character consistency, and scene continuity. Its Cinema Studio and proprietary tools are intended to make generation more deterministic and production-oriented than a simple text-to-video interface.

The company combines third-party foundation models with proprietary models, post-training, and a reasoning engine that chains multiple AI systems to preserve characters and brand identity across marketing videos. It offers free access to start, with higher usage and features behind paid plans; commercially, it uses a consumption-based credit model across its Web Studio, mobile app, and advertising products, supplemented by monthly subscriptions. The benefit is a single workflow that lets creators, agencies, brands, and filmmakers produce and iterate on professional-looking content without switching between model providers or arranging traditional production.

Market

Higgsfield competes in generative AI video and image creation, particularly the emerging category of multi-model creative suites and AI infrastructure for social, advertising, and cinematic production. Its closest platform comparables include Runway and Krea, while Kling, Pika, Luma, fal.ai, Synthesia, and HeyGen represent overlapping video-generation or business-video alternatives. OpenAI and Google are better viewed as upstream model providers in this context: Higgsfield’s stated approach is to integrate third-party models rather than compete with those companies directly.

This is a scaled commercial business rather than a pre-revenue startup. Higgsfield’s current company materials report more than 25 million users, 850 million generations, 300 million videos, roughly 6 million daily generations, and roughly 2 million daily videos. Reuters reported that the company said it had reached a $200 million annualized run rate in January 2026, while explicitly noting that this was a projection rather than recognized revenue; Sacra later estimated approximately $500 million in annualized revenue by June 2026. The company also raised $80 million in new funding at a valuation above $1.3 billion, bringing its Series A to more than $130 million, with Accel, Menlo Ventures, GFT Ventures, and AI Capital Partners among the named investors.

Founders & Leadership

Alex MashrabovFounder
CEO & Co-Founder
Mahi De SilvaFounder
Co-Founder and CSO
Yerzat DulatFounder
Co-Founder and CTO

Funding History

2024-01
Seed$8.16M

Menlo Ventures

2025-09
Series A$50M

GFT Ventures

2026-01
Series A extension$80M

Accel, AI Capital Partners (AIC), Menlo Ventures

Recent News

2026-10-08product_launch
Higgsfield launches Katana video-editing skill for Claude

On October 8, Higgsfield introduced Katana, a video-editing skill for Claude available through Higgsfield MCP. It uses reference edits and uploaded photos to create video edits featuring the user’s characters, products, or clothing.

2026-10-08partnership
Higgsfield and Iman Gadzhi begin public collaboration after stake disclosure

On October 8, investor and entrepreneur Iman Gadzhi publicly disclosed a position in Higgsfield, which he had secured earlier in 2026. The announcement also described a public collaboration beginning with content filmed at Higgsfield’s Almaty office, the first of planned initiatives between the two.

2026-09-18product_launch
Higgsfield expands developer access with APIs and GitHub tools

Higgsfield opened its products, models, and workflows to developers through APIs, SDKs, developer tools, and public GitHub repositories. The developer offering uses a separate API balance so companies can pay for generations independently of standard subscription plans.

2026-09-05product_launch
Higgsfield launches GPT-6 Astra integration via MCP and ChatGPT

Higgsfield introduced an integration with OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra through its MCP and ChatGPT plugin, enabling users to create games, motion graphics, and interactive 3D experiences. OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra launch materials highlighted Higgsfield AI and CEO Alex Mashrabov as an example of the model’s creative-work capabilities.

2026-08-31product_launch
Higgsfield launches Genjutsu video transformation tool

Higgsfield launched Genjutsu, a video-editing tool that rebuilds selected parts of existing footage without a full reshoot. Its Motion Transfer and Object Swap features preserve the original shot’s broader motion and structure while changing specified characters, objects, locations, or styles.

2026-08-17funding
Higgsfield raises $400M Series B at a $5.4B valuation

Higgsfield announced a $400 million Series B financing at a $5.4 billion valuation. DST Global led the round, which included participation from Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Tribe Capital, Smash Capital, Intel Capital, and other strategic and existing investors; the capital will support research and development, global infrastructure, hiring, and enterprise expansion.

2026-08-06product_launch
Higgsfield launches Seedance 2.5 video generation model

On 2026-08-06, Higgsfield announced the launch of Seedance 2.5, ByteDance’s flagship video model, on its platform. The release highlights cinematic video generation up to 30 seconds and region-level edits that avoid rerendering an entire clip.

2026-01-23partnership
Higgsfield AI Reaches $1.3 Billion Valuation, Powered by Advanced Infrastructure Like AICC

A press release reported that Higgsfield reached a valuation above $1.3 billion following an $80 million Series A extension. It also described Higgsfield’s infrastructure integration with AI.cc/AICC, which provides access to hundreds of third-party AI models.

Active Roles

93
Hybrid - San Francisco Bay Area, USA/Finance/4d ago
Hybrid - San Francisco Bay Area, USA/Operations/5d ago
Remote, USA/Legal/9d ago
Remote, USA/Engineering/9d ago
OnSite - Almaty, Kazakhstan/Marketing/9d ago
Remote, USA/Operations/10d ago
OnSite - Almaty, Kazakhstan/Finance/10d ago
OnSite - Almaty, Kazakhstan/Design/12d ago
Hybrid - San Francisco Bay Area, USA/Finance/13d ago
OnSite - Almaty, Kazakhstan/Design/13d ago
Remote/Marketing/15d ago
OnSite - Almaty, Kazakhstan/Marketing/18d ago
OnSite - Almaty, Kazakhstan/HR & Recruiting/18d ago
OnSite - Almaty, Kazakhstan/HR & Recruiting/18d ago
OnSite - Almaty, Kazakhstan/HR & Recruiting/18d ago
OnSite - Almaty, Kazakhstan/Data & Analytics/18d ago
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OnSite - Almaty, Kazakhstan/Data & Analytics/18d ago
OnSite - Almaty, Kazakhstan/Marketing/19d ago
OnSite - Almaty, Kazakhstan/Marketing/20d ago

Business Model

Higgsfield’s commercial model is platform access to AI video, image-generation, and professional creative-workspace tools, although the available evidence does not specify whether access is sold through subscriptions, credits, API usage, or another pricing mechanism. It also promotes Higgsfield Earn to help creators monetize their talent, but the evidence does not establish that program as a separate Higgsfield revenue stream.

Products

Full AI video and image creative workspace with access to multiple generative modelsCinema Studio / AI Director cinematic production workspaceHiggsfield Soul fashion-grade AI image modelAI Ad Generator for product-linked video ads and UGC-to-CGI creativeHiggsfield Earn creator monetization program

Tech Stack

Generative AI models, including multiple integrated modelsProprietary in-house AI models and creative toolsCinematic camera and lens simulation with controllable motionImage and video generation/editing workflowsCloud infrastructure including Amazon Web Services and NebiusCloudflare CDN/network security and Clerk authentication

Competitors

Runway
Kling AI
Pika
Luma Dream Machine
HeyGen
Creatify

Key Investors

Menlo Ventures, Accel, Alpha Square Group, GFT Ventures