The problem
Producing marketing video at speed and scale is slow and expensive
What they do
AI video and image creation platform for creators, brands and studios
Traction Run-rate revenue ~$20M (2025) to $700M (Aug 2026); 30M+ users
Hiring trend
- Open roles
- 96
- Ops roles
- 4
- Headcount
- ~350
~350 staff at Q3 2026 (Harmonic); 90 open roles incl. Miami
Hiring in
- Almaty
- SF Bay Area
- Los Angeles
- Remote (US)
- Remote (France)
Funding
- Last round
- $400M
- Stage
- Series B
- Date
- Aug 2026
Led by DST Global
- Hiring+296 open roles on the live job board (30+ roles = +2)
- Funding recency+2Series B · $400M, Aug 2026 (2 months ago): 6 months or less = +1.5, $100M+ round +0.5
- Traction+1.5Strong growth: Run-rate revenue ~$20M (2025) to $700M (Aug 2026); 30M+ users
- Red flags−11 significant flag in the last 24 months, −1 eachForbes (Feb 2026) reported misleading marketing, racist shock-content campaigns and delayed creator paymentsForbes, Feb 2026 ↗
- Total4.52 + 2 + 1.5 − 1 = 4.5 → Race (4.25–4.74)
Distance (10K) is a separate read on how long the lead can last. It doesn't change the score.
Distance
10K · edge: cheaper at size
Huge revenue pace, but it mostly packages others' video models, and Forbes reported misleading marketing.
Sources: Higgsfield: $1B run rate (Sep 2026) ↗ · makeyourmind/up: Higgsfield taken apart (Oct 2026) ↗
Watch-outs
Forbes (Feb 2026) reported misleading marketing, racist shock-content campaigns and delayed creator payments
Sources: Forbes, Feb 2026 ↗
Last checked Oct 25, 2026