Freiburg, Germany
Black Forest Labs, founded in 2024 and headquartered in Germany, is at the vanguard of AI and Entertainment sectors. As a leader in frontier AI research, the company has achieved significant breakthroughs in visual understanding technology.
The team's pioneering work includes Stable Diffusion and Stable Video Diffusion, both of which have become industry benchmarks. Their advancements, such as FLUX.1 and FLUX.2, are foundational to millions of creative applications globally, facilitating a spectrum ranging from individual artists to enterprise use cases. Their models are recognized for transforming imagination into reality with unparalleled precision and speed.
In their recent financial round, Black Forest Labs secured a $300.00M Series B investment on 01 December 2025. This round was notably supported by prominent investors, including Air Street Capital, Visionaries Club, Creandum, Bain Capital Ventures, Northzone, General Catalyst, Nvidia, Salesforce Ventures, BroadLight Capital, Figma Ventures, a16z, Earlybird VC, Anjney Midha (AMP), Temasek, and Canva.
Stability AI
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