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Krea

What Krea does

Krea (krea.ai) is a generative-AI “creative suite” that brings together image, video, 3D, enhancement/upscaling, and real-time generation in one browser-based workflow. The core product idea is to remove the friction of juggling many separate model services by providing a unified interface and interconnected tooling—so users can generate, edit, upscale/enhance, and (in supported workflows) continue from results into subsequent steps without leaving the Krea environment. Krea’s user-facing positioning spans both individual creators and professional teams, and it offers an Enterprise product with centralized billing, model access controls, and stated SOC 2 compliance.

A distinctive technical/business differentiator is Krea’s emphasis on “control” for creative work (e.g., style transfer/moodboards in its in-house foundation model line, and real-time generation features designed for interactive iteration), alongside an API/agent-oriented layer that exposes the same model catalog and workflow primitives programmatically. Krea also publishes technical materials for its in-house models, including Krea 2, and offers open-weight licensing paths for its foundation model variants and related artifacts.

Strategically, Krea appears to be scaling along two axes: (1) expanding and productizing its own model suite (e.g., Krea 2 and realtime-generation features), and (2) moving upmarket with team/enterprise controls and compliance posture while keeping a consumer-friendly entry via free/basic/pro pricing tiers and a browser-first UX.

News

Company record

Jun 23, 2026 · Official · Krea BlogKrea 2 Technical Report

Krea published a technical report describing Krea 2 model principles and training approach, and stated that model weights and inference are released under a permissive license.

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Jun 22, 2026 · Official · Krea BlogKrea 2 LoRA training is now available

Krea announced that LoRA training for Krea 2 is now available via the product UI.

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May 29, 2026 · Official · Krea BlogWe are partnering with Henning Larsen

Krea announced a partnership with Henning Larsen Architects, framing it as work to build better AI creative tools for architecture.

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May 27, 2026 · Official · Krea BlogKrea 2 API: Style Transfer, Moodboards & Pricing

Krea announced API access to Krea 2 (Medium and Large) with style transfer, moodboards, and a tunable creativity parameter, and stated it is launching with Nous Research for Hermes access.

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May 15, 2026 · Official · Krea BlogKrea at Cannes Film Festival

Krea announced it would be at Cannes and stated that its co-founder and CTO, Diego Rodriguez, would be live on stage building visuals in real time alongside composer Roahn Hylton.

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May 14, 2026 · Official · Krea BlogKrea 2: First Experiments from the Community

Krea published community examples illustrating style control and usage patterns for Krea 2 (including style references and moodboard-style exploration).

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May 12, 2026 · Official · Krea BlogWhat Is Krea 2? Krea's Foundation Image Model

Krea explained what Krea 2 is and emphasized style transfer and creative control, including guidance on how to use style references and moodboards.

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Aug 27, 2025 · Official · Krea BlogAnnouncing Realtime Video

Krea announced “Realtime Video,” describing faster-than-playback interactive generation and frame consistency, with input options including painting, text prompts, webcam, and screen streaming.

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Funding

Latest disclosed valuation$500M
Tracked capital$89M5 sourced rounds
DateRoundRaisedValuationLead / investorsEvidence
UndatedPreseed/Seed$3M—
UndatedSeries A$33M—
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+1 investor
UndatedPre-seed/Seed$3M—
Not attributed
+2 investors
UndatedSeed (as stated by Krea)$3M—

What it builds

Krea

Krea is a browser-based creative suite for generating, enhancing/upscaling, and editing images, videos, and 3D content, positioned as a unified workflow across multiple AI model capabilities.

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Krea 2

Krea 2 is Krea’s in-house foundation image model family designed for aesthetic diversity and user creative control, with features including style transfer and style-reference/moodboard-style control.

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Seedance 2.5

Seedance 2.5 is a Krea-supported generative video model (presented as “Cinematic 4K video with synchronized audio”) within the Krea suite.

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Krea Realtime Video

Krea Realtime Video is a controllable and frame-consistent real-time video generation feature, intended to support interactive iteration from inputs such as painting on a canvas, text prompts, webcam feeds, or screen streaming.

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Image Upscaling / AI Enhancer

Krea provides image upscaling and enhancement capabilities, presented as an interface for queueing enhancement jobs and producing higher-resolution outputs.

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Krea API

Krea provides a programmatic API for generating outputs and managing asynchronous jobs, including endpoints for Krea 2 model variants and job retrieval.

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Krea CLI

Krea CLI is a terminal interface for running Krea image/video/enhancement workflows on top of the Krea public API endpoint.

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Krea Enterprise

Krea Enterprise is an enterprise workspace product with stated admin controls (e.g., model access restrictions and shared billing) and SOC 2 compliance posture communicated via Krea’s Trust Center process.

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Krea MCP

Krea MCP is presented as an agent/agent-runtime integration where Krea selects tools, generates assets, and returns results within a conversation.

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Milestones & partnerships