ComfyUI
ComfyUI is an open-source workflow engine for visual AI used by creative teams, with 4 million creators and 118,000 GitHub stars. The company raised $49M in a 2026 Series B and has 90 employees.
The growth story
ComfyUI grew from 1 to 90 employees between 2023 and 2026, raising $49M along the way, most recently a Series B in April 2026.
About
ComfyUI provides a node-based platform for controlling AI models in visual production pipelines, used by studios like Netflix and Nike for VFX, animation, and gaming. Its open-source approach allows customization of models and parameters.
The company has seen rapid adoption with 60,000 community-built nodes, though its workforce of 90 suggests a focus on platform development over services. The $49M Series B in 2026 indicates strong investor confidence in its enterprise potential.
Founders and leadership
Engineering dominates with 22 staff, reflecting the technical nature of the open-source platform. Leadership likely focuses on product development given the community-driven growth model.
The ComfyUI org chart
Yoland Y. (Co-Founder & CEO) leads 11 mapped leaders with 5 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 29 (+61% YoY), Marketing 10 (+233% YoY), Arts and Design 10 (+100% YoY), Sales 6 (+200% YoY), Business Development 4 (-20% YoY), Entrepreneurship 4 (+100% YoY).
Talent flow
The team draws heavily from Google (5 hires) and HeyGen (4), with creative agencies like DDB also represented. Alumni have founded 3 companies including TerraLab (8 staff) and Forward Deployed (7 staff).
Most common previous employers of ComfyUI staff: Google (5), HeyGen (4), DDB (2), Instacart (2), schireson (2), Hypothetic (2). Former ComfyUI employees most often moved to TerraLab (2), LoglineAI (1), SEEN Partners (1), Forward Deployed (1), Prodigious Paris (1), Apple (1).
The ComfyUI mafia
Alumni founded 3 companies including TerraLab (8 employees) and Forward Deployed (7 employees), showing entrepreneurial spillover from the open-source community.
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Web traffic
Traffic mix: 48% direct, 43% search, 2% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at ComfyUI: Python (Programming Language) (28), JavaScript (26), Artificial Intelligence (AI) (23), Social Media (17), Marketing (16), Microsoft Office (16), Adobe Photoshop (16), HTML (15).
Where the team actually sits
ComfyUI people are concentrated in California, United States (19), San Francisco Bay Area (12), United States (3), New York, United States (3).
Search footprint
ComfyUI attracts about 9,747 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $6K a month if bought through ads. It gained 2,183 ranking keywords and lost 1,255 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 2.40 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 2.40 / 5
- Senior management
- 2.00 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 1.80 / 5
Frequently asked
ComfyUI has 90 employees as of September 2026.
ComfyUI has raised $49M in total, most recently a Series B round in April 2026.
ComfyUI was founded in 2024 by Yoland Y., Robin Huang.
Yoland Y. (Co-Founder & CEO) sits at the top of ComfyUI's reporting structure, with 5 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current ComfyUI staff are Google (5 people), HeyGen (4 people), DDB (2 people).
Former ComfyUI employees most often move to TerraLab (2), LoglineAI (1), SEEN Partners (1).
At least 3 companies have a founder who previously worked at ComfyUI, including TerraLab, Forward Deployed, Alvdansen Labs.
ComfyUI attracts about 9,747 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $6K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among ComfyUI staff are Python (Programming Language), JavaScript, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Social Media, Marketing.
ComfyUI staff are concentrated in California, United States (19), San Francisco Bay Area (12), United States (3).
ComfyUI has about 29 people in Engineering, up 61% over the past year, as of September 2026.
ComfyUI has about 10 people in Marketing, up 233% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 60 current and 24 former ComfyUI profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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