Ideogram

Ideogram develops generative image models and offers image generation, editing, and design tools through its applications and API.⁠[1]

Its company profile lists Toronto, Canada, as its headquarters. A 2024 a16zAndreessen HorowitzAndreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. It invests from the seed stage through the growth stage and provides operational support to its portfolio companies.Open the full entry interview identifies Mohammad Norouzi as co-founder and CEO.⁠[2][3]

Ideogram announced its team and a $16.5 million seed round led by a16z and Index Ventures. The team included Mohammad Norouzi, William Chan, Jonathan Ho, Chitwan Saharia, Shayaan Abdullah, Jenny Lei, and Jacob Lu.⁠[4]

The company opened version 0.1 to everyone for free. The text-to-image tool could incorporate lettering into images and offered style tags. This public opening followed the earlier team announcement.⁠[5]

Redpoint announced Ideogram’s $80 million Series A. In a separate announcement, a16z confirmed it led the round and described version 1.0’s Magic Prompt feature for expanding user prompts.⁠[6][7]

VentureBeat’s launch-day hands-on report described color-palette controls, a text-focused Design style, and a public API beta. Its test placed lettering within an image of a chip.⁠[8]

The official blog index dates the 3.0 release to March 26, 2025. Its model page emphasizes photorealistic imagery, graphic design, and legible text.⁠[9][10]

Ideogram released 4.0 and announced model weights available under a commercial license for deployment and fine-tuning. The announcement also described 2K output, multilingual text, bounding-box layout controls, and new company branding.⁠[11]

The official video description announced 4.5 availability through the app and API and said open weights were still forthcoming. It did not announce that the weights had already been released.⁠[12]

The model page describes generation or editing with up to five reference images and zoom-based local editing. Examples include relighting, recoloring, and changing text within images.⁠[13]

The company announced its first vector model on X, with access through its application and API.⁠[14]

The official model page describes generating SVGs from text or existing images, with editable paths and colors for icons, logos, and illustrations.⁠[15]

Ideogram: Official link: https://ideogram.ai/ (opens in a new window)⁠[1]

X: Public account: https://x.com/ideogram_ai (opens in a new window)⁠[16]

LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry: Public profile: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ideogram-ai/ (opens in a new window)⁠[2]

YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is Google’s video-sharing and creator platform, founded in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim and acquired by Google in 2006. Built around video uploading, viewing, and creator earnings, the platform has developed Shorts, YouTube Music, Premium, YouTube TV, and products for children, and is headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States.Open the full entry: Public account: https://www.youtube.com/@ideogram_ai (opens in a new window)⁠[17]