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Black Forest Labs

FLUX generative image models for developers and enterprises.

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Based in Freiburg, Black Forest Labs is the team behind the FLUX family of image-generation and editing models, among the most widely used open-weight visual models in the world.

Founded in 2024 by veterans of the Stable Diffusion research lineage, it pairs cutting-edge image quality with open distribution, racking up millions of downloads. Developers and enterprises build on its models for everything from creative tooling to production image pipelines.

It stands as Germany's most prominent generative-media lab.

Startup details:

Country
🇩🇪 Germany
City
Freiburg
Founded
2024
Founders
Robin Rombach, Patrick Esser, Andreas Blattmann
Funding stage
Series A+
Total funding
~$450M
Valuation
€3.0B
Unicorn
Yes 🦄
Open source
Yes

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