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Black Forest Labs
Black Forest Labs is a Germany-based company, founded in 2024 by former Stability AI researchers, that develops the FLUX family of text-to-image generation models.
Black Forest Labs is a Germany-based company, founded in 2024 by former Stability AI researchers, that develops the FLUX family of text-to-image generation models.
Its FLUX models are widely used open-weight and API-based image generators, and the company briefly supplied the image-generation technology behind X's Grok chatbot before that relationship reportedly ended in 2025.
It licenses FLUX models through API access and enterprise deals and also releases open-weight versions.
Germany (Freiburg)
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Connections (4)
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Current relationships (1)
Source: 2025-12-01 · reviewed 2026-09-20
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Completed
Limits: Does not establish ownership percentage, board representation, or any operating relationship beyond the equity investment.
Black Forest Labs Announces Series B Investment to Accelerate Frontier Visual Intelligence ↗Dated or announced (1)
Source: 2025-04-03 · reviewed 2026-09-20
Evidence: Secondary reporting (unconfirmed by primary parties) · Ended (per reporting)
Limits: Does not establish the exact end date, the reason for the change, or whether any technology relationship continues in reduced form; neither company issued a detailed public statement confirming the reporting.
Elon Musk's xAI no longer working with German startup Black Forest Labs ↗Comparisons (2)
Source: Source undated · reviewed 2026-09-20
Evidence: Analytical comparison · Ongoing
Limits: Does not establish any current business relationship, licensing, or shared ownership between the two firms.
Black Forest Labs Series B funding coverage ↗Source: Source undated · reviewed 2026-09-20
Evidence: Analytical comparison · Ongoing
Limits: Does not establish market share or revenue comparison.
Black Forest Labs company overview ↗Black Forest Labs Announces Series B Investment to Accelerate Frontier Visual Intelligence ↗
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