Inkitt (Galatea, CandyJar, Ironblood)
Key facts
- Operator / parent
- Inkitt (independent)
- Origin
- United States
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States; founded in Berlin in 2013
- Launched
- video apps 2023-25
- Category
- App · Other origin
Inkitt is a reading platform that funnels web fiction into AI-curated and then AI-generated microdrama, through CandyJar for romance and Ironblood for all-AI action, superhero and science fiction. Ironblood went live on 14 July 2026, ahead of a stated 15 July date, with six originals: The Parasite, Blood Of The Fallen, The Soldier, The Firewall Saga, The Heir of Opal and The Dealmaker's Vault. It is live on the web, on iOS as App Store ID 6778979486 and on Android as com.ironblood.android, and adds about 30 titles a month. The company has raised $117m and does not disclose revenue.
Reported figures
| Metric | Figure | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | Not disclosed. | no basis given | — |
| Users | 50m+ users, about 1m paying | company | Inkitt |
| Funding | $117m raised in total; about $400m post-money after a $37m Series C in February 2024 | no basis given | — |
Profile
- Markets
- Global.
- Content
- Reading platform feeding AI-curated and then AI-generated microdrama: CandyJar for romance, Ironblood for all-AI action, superhero and science fiction.
- Genres
- Romance on CandyJar; action and science fiction on Ironblood, entirely AI-generated.
- Monetisation
- Coins and in-app purchases, subscription and advertising.
- Profitability
- Not disclosed.
- Backers
- Khosla, NEA, Kleiner Perkins, Redalpine, Axel Springer.
People
- Ali Albazaz — Founder and CEO