Black Forest Labs
The German firm founded by the original Stable Diffusion team
Germany Startup Open weights
WHAT IT IS
Black Forest Labs was founded in Freiburg in 2024; its founding team includes the original authors of Stable Diffusion. It ships the FLUX family of text-to-image models, offered both as open weights and as a commercial service.
Why it matters
FLUX shipped as open weights and drew attention for image detail and text rendering, keeping open-weight text-to-image moving forward after the original team left.
Key milestones
- 2024
Founded in Freiburg and released the FLUX models