Anna Veronika Dorogush

Founder & CEO @recraftai. Previously built CatBoost. We train image generation models from scratch. Bringing design taste to AI.

[Anna Veronika Dorogush @AnnaVDorogush]

I've never really posted on social media. I've been building things instead. But I think it's time to start sharing what I've learned about building AI models from scratch, about taste in technology, and about what's coming next in image generation.

[Anna Veronika Dorogush @AnnaVDorogush]

@recraftai @OpenRouter https://t.co/DpjTIf8BBi here's the full comparison

[Anna Veronika Dorogush @AnnaVDorogush]

@recraftai models are different. They are tuned to give you something unique and beautiful, not a generic AI image.

@OpenRouter introduced a view where you can see all models on the same prompt. Look at how different models interpret a woman's portrait. Recraft produces striking results. Nothing is generic: face, light, hair, composition. The image is natural, down to the small details of skin texture. And at the same time this simple portrait is interesting to look at.

We constantly get feedback that Recraft is used to create characters and scenes. This shows exactly why.

[Anna Veronika Dorogush @AnnaVDorogush]

Speed changes how people create. When generation takes 1.3 seconds, you don't lose context, you stay in the flow.

That's what we built Recraft V4.1 Flash for. It's the fastest image model on the market right now, and it holds our aesthetic quality at a fraction of the cost of standard models.

I'm proud of the team for proving that fast doesn't have to mean worse. Speed benchmarks and comparisons are in the post below — see for yourself.

[Recraft @recraftai]

The fastest image model on the market is here.

Zero lag in your workflow.

Recraft V4.1 Flash produces images in 1.3 seconds.
Pick Flash from the model picker, generate, then hit Refine to clean up the details.

Check it out and give it a try ↓

[Anna Veronika Dorogush @AnnaVDorogush]

@unreallabsai Congrats!

[Recraft @recraftai]

Calling all creators!

Want to collab with Recraft in exchange for some regular perks and opportunities?

Fill out the form below and send us a DM to apply ↓

[Anna Veronika Dorogush @AnnaVDorogush]

We started @recraftai in 2022 to bring AI into the world of design and visuals. 3 million designers, marketers, and entrepreneurs later, Recraft is in the @TechNation Future Fifty 2026 Cohort as a graphic design research lab.

It's a huge honor to be amongst other bright startups working on gene therapy, banking infrastructure, energy data, and more. The Future Fifty has supported over 35% of the UK's unicorns to date. Can't wait to see where our team goes from here!

#FutureFifty #ItTakesATechNation

[Anna Veronika Dorogush @AnnaVDorogush]

@aimalysheva @mostik_ai Congrats, so proud of you!

[Anna Veronika Dorogush @AnnaVDorogush]

A new model is out. This one is SOTA for style consistency.

[Recraft @recraftai]

Introducing V4 Styles!

Recraft already nails one good image. But V4 Styles is built for scaling. Give it one reference image and it holds that style exactly, across everything you generate next.

The link's in the comments ↓

[Anna Veronika Dorogush @AnnaVDorogush]

@replicate @recraftai That’s a beautiful example of our Style model’s functionality.

[Anna Veronika Dorogush @AnnaVDorogush]

We redesigned Recraft Studio. The prompt menu is back on the left. That's where it was originally, but at some point we moved it to the bottom because everyone else does it that way. Bad call! The prompt at the bottom eats valuable workspace.

We also reworked references and how you view the prompt behind a generated image.

Users get used to how things are, but you have to keep rethinking the design so new capabilities are easy to use and the product doesn't get more complex. And sometimes you just admit you were wrong. That's the only way to build the best experience.

Would love your feedback!

[Anna Veronika Dorogush @AnnaVDorogush]

@aimalysheva Happy bd!

[Recraft @recraftai]

Making tools that understand design taste takes fast, reliable infrastructure behind the scenes. That's what @nebiusai gives us.

Nebius shared the story here: https://t.co/DjTibxwaue

[Anna Veronika Dorogush @AnnaVDorogush]

This one I'm especially happy about. We could already generate SVGs, but now you can edit them precisely, right on the canvas in Recraft Studio. One of the most requested features from our community. Now the whole workflow stays in one place. Let me know what you think!

[Recraft @recraftai]

You asked, we delivered. Say hello to Recraft’s Vector Editor.

Tweak every point, curve, or color until it's just right. Then just export when you're ready.

Try it in Recraft Studio today!

Link in the comments ↓

[Anna Veronika Dorogush @AnnaVDorogush]

Today the @MidnightCodeCup final begins in Belgrade. 24 hours, teams of three, the strongest competitive programmers in the world.

We started this contest because we believe in the competitive programming community and want to invest in it. These are some of the sharpest minds out there. The format is modern, built for the AI era: use any AI you want, and the problems will still be hard.

Writing problems like this is genuinely difficult.

Opening ceremony in an hour. May the strongest win!

[Anna Veronika Dorogush @AnnaVDorogush]

We partnered with @Contra on our first community @recraftai challenge. $10K prize pool. The task: create a mascot and build a whole visual system around it. Name, logo, personality, and proof that the character works across different formats. All in Recraft Studio. This is a hard creative problem and I'm genuinely curious what people will come up with.

[Contra @contra]

The Recraft Challenge is LIVE 🚀

Invent a mascot with @recraftai. Give it a name, look, personality, and build the world it lives in.

$10K is up for grabs.

[Anna Veronika Dorogush @AnnaVDorogush]

I am SO PROUD! We are training the best models in the world with a budget that is 100× smaller than everyone else’s on the list, and we are outperforming them.

[Recraft @recraftai]

Two weeks since launch, and the public benchmarks are in. Recraft is officially the #1 independent image generation lab 🚀

[Anna Veronika Dorogush @AnnaVDorogush]

V4.1 is live. @DesignArena ranks Recraft among the top 5 image generation labs in the world on general preference (I'm very proud of the team!). And we're the only lab on that list that optimizes for aesthetics.

[Nebius @nebiusai]

Big week for @recraftai. They just launched V4.1, and the model is now ranked among the top 5 image generation labs in the world on @Designarena. Trained on Nebius. Congrats team!

[Anna Veronika Dorogush @AnnaVDorogush]

@pricing Thank you very much for the valuable feedback. We plan a change to the image set feature to make it similar to old experience.

[Anna Veronika Dorogush @AnnaVDorogush]

We just released Recraft V4.1! This is what we've been working on: better aesthetics across the board. More natural photorealism, new illustration styles that weren't possible before, and the model finally gets the aesthetic right from short prompts. You don't need to write a novel to get a good image anymore.
We also built a Utility variant for tasks where you need clean and simple.

[Recraft @recraftai]

Say hello to V4.1

This model is built for images that captivate you. Photorealism is more human, gradients are dreamier, and new illustration styles are now possible.

Test it out in Recraft Studio today and see what you can create.

[Anna Veronika Dorogush @AnnaVDorogush]

@pratishhhhh We'll post a prompting guide soon!