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Midjourney

Midjourney: every model, side by side

Text-to-image generation service that produces images from text prompts.

Total Models

7

Image Models

7

Active Period

Feb 2022 to Dec 2024

Founded in 2022 by David Holz (co-founder of Leap Motion).

Self-funded and reportedly profitable since Aug 2022.

Output leans artistic rather than literal.

Shipped V1 in February 2022 and has versioned steadily since.

Ran entirely inside Discord before it had a website.

Compare Midjourney Models

Midjourney v6

Dec 2024

Midjourney v6 produces realistic images.

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Midjourney v6.1

Jul 2024

Midjourney v6.1 introduced a native web interface alongside Discord, with improved detail rendering, better text handling, and enhanced image coherence.

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Midjourney v5

Nov 2023

Midjourney v5 produces realistic images.

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Midjourney v4

Nov 2022

Midjourney v4 was the jump in photorealism, coherence and prompt understanding. First version trained on Google TPUs.

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Midjourney v3

Jul 2022

Midjourney v3 read prompt nuance and artistic style better than v2.

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Midjourney v2

Apr 2022

Midjourney v2 improved on the original model with better coherence, detail, and more consistent style application.

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Midjourney v1

Feb 2022

The first public release of Midjourney, introducing AI image generation to a wider audience through its Discord-based interface.

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