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ComfyUI raises $30M at $500M valuation, giving creators manual control over AI-generated images, videos, and audio

ComfyUI raises $30M at $500M valuation, giving creators manual control over AI-generated images, videos, and audio

ComfyUI, a startup building AI creation tools, closed a $30 million funding round that values the company at $500 million. The platform lets creators adjust every step of how AI generates media — instead of typing a prompt and accepting the output, users can tweak the underlying AI models, settings, and workflow in real time.

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