Despite its innovative features, Ideogram lacks some capabilities offered by rival image generators, such as zoom out/outpainting, and its results were less consistent in tests. The Toronto-based startup has already received recognition from AI notables, including David Ha, founder of Sakana AI, and Margaret Mitchell, both former Google employees. The company aims to appeal to graphic designers and others who need to create imagery with eye-catching text.
Key takeaways:
- Ideogram, a new generative AI image startup, has launched with $16.5 million in seed funding. The company was founded by former Google Brain researchers.
- The startup's main selling point is its ability to generate reliable text within images, a feature that has been problematic for other AI image generators.
- Ideogram's web app offers a variety of preset image generation styles, including a "typography" style that renders lettering in different colors, fonts, sizes, and styling.
- Despite its unique features, Ideogram still lacks some capabilities offered by rival image generators, such as zoom out/outpainting, and its results were less consistent in tests.