Artlist reaches $260 million in ARR as it repositions around AI
An expansion into end-to-end production tools underpins rapid growth.
Israeli creative-tech company Artlist ended 2025 with annual recurring revenue (ARR) of $260 million, representing growth of 50% compared with the previous year. The figure is unusually high for an Israeli high-tech company, particularly in the creative sector.
During 2025, the company expanded its product portfolio and repositioned itself as an AI-based platform. Over the course of the year, Artlist hired 120 employees and now employs around 500 people. The company disclosed the figures at an event held to launch a series of new product developments.
“Our mission has always been to give creators the freedom to create without limits,” said Ira Belsky, Artlist’s founder and co-CEO. “By moving to an AI-based ecosystem, we are providing an end-to-end production platform, where the distance from idea to professional-level production is shorter than ever.”
Artlist recently announced the appointment of Erez Simha as chief financial officer. Simha brings more than 20 years of experience in capital markets and on Wall Street, and has previously served as CFO and COO at Nasdaq-listed companies including Stratasys, Orbotech, and Eat Just.
Among Artlist’s new developments is a production platform scheduled to launch in spring 2026. The platform is designed to give creators a high degree of control through an intuitive workflow, without the need for complex prompts, enabling direction of elements such as locations and camera angles while maintaining visual consistency.
The company also offers the AI Toolkit, a unified interface that integrates leading models for video, image, and narration creation. The toolkit includes Artlist Original 1.0, a cinematic image-generation model trained on the company’s proprietary content catalog, offering four dedicated visual styles aimed at professional productions.
