Black Forest Labs

Foundation Models

Image and video generation software building state-of-the-art diffusion models.

Total funding$450M
Valuation$3.3B
Employees70
Founded2024
HeadquartersFreiburg, Germany
StatusPrivate
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KuaishouPublic · $18.6BFLUX API and Kling AI Developer API do comparable work on image generation and video generation; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API and create images and video; larger scale (public).4 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleComparexAIAcquired ($230B deal)FLUX API and xAI API do comparable work on image generation and video generation; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API and create images and video; xAI is acquired, with no independent scale.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareRecraftPrivate · $42M raisedPlayground and Recraft do comparable work on image editing and image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; similar scale (private).2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMiniMaxPublic · $12.6BPlayground and MiniMax Design do comparable work on image editing and image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (public).3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareDecartPrivate · $4BPlayground and Delulu (by Decart) do comparable work on image editing; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; same layer and the same scale band (growth-stage private).3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompareHalo AIPrivatePlayground and Halo AI do comparable work on image editing and image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Halo AI's scale not recorded.3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareKreaPrivate · $83M raisedPlayground and Krea do comparable work on image editing and image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; similar scale (private).3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMidjourneyPrivate · $0 raisedPlayground and Midjourney do comparable work on image editing and image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Midjourney's scale not recorded.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareLeonardo.AiAcquired ($31M deal)Playground and Leonardo AI do comparable work on image editing and image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Leonardo.Ai is acquired, with no independent scale.3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareStability AIPrivate · $495.9MFLUX API and Stability AI Platform API do comparable work on image generation and video generation; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API and create images and video; smaller scale (private).2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompareArtisse AIPrivate · $6.7M raisedPlayground and Artisse do comparable work on image editing and image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; similar scale (private).2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeComparePhotoroomPrivate · $500MPlayground and Photoroom AI Fashion Models do comparable work on image editing and image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; smaller scale (private).2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompareFalPrivateFLUX API and fal do comparable work on image generation and video generation; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API and create images and video; Fal's scale not recorded.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareLuma LabsPrivate · $3.9BFLUX API and Luma API do comparable work on image generation and video generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; same layer and the same scale band (growth-stage private).2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompareIdeogramPrivatePlayground and Ideogram 4.0 do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Ideogram's scale not recorded.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareAdobePublic · $115.9BPlayground and Adobe Firefly do comparable work on image editing and image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (public).4 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareRunwayPrivate · $5.3BFLUX API and Runway API do comparable work on image generation and video generation; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API and create images and video; same layer and the same scale band (growth-stage private).4 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandComparePika LabsPrivate · $470MPlayground and Pika AI Trendmaker do comparable work on image editing; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; smaller scale (private).3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompareAlphabet (Google)Public · $4.2TPlayground and Mixboard do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (public).3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareLightricksPrivate · $335M raisedPlayground and Photoleap do comparable work on image editing and image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; same layer and the same scale band (growth-stage private).3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompareAlibabaPublic · $273.4BPlayground and Quark do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (public).2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareSenseTimePublic · $7.7BPlayground and Kapi Cam do comparable work on image generation; larger scale (public).3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareHiggsfieldPrivate · $1.3BPlayground and Higgsfield do comparable work on image editing and image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; same layer and the same scale band (growth-stage private).3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompareFigmaPublic · $14.4BPlayground and Figma Weave do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (public).3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareZ.ai (Zhipu AI)Public · $58.6BFLUX API and Z.ai Model API do comparable work on image generation and video generation; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API and create images and video; larger scale (public).2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareStepFunPrivate · $10BFLUX API and StepFun Open Platform do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API and create images and video; larger scale (private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareApplePublic · $4.6TPlayground and Image Playground do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (public).2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareBaiduPublic · $31.6BPlayground and Baidu Wenxin Assistant do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (public).2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareCanvaPrivate · $42BPlayground and Dream Lab do comparable work on image editing and image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (private).3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareOpenAIPrivate · $852BFLUX API and OpenAI API do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API and create images and video; larger scale (private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareMistral AIPrivate · $13.8BFLUX API and Mistral AI Studio both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; larger scale (private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareAI21 LabsPrivate · $1.4BFLUX API and AI21 Studio both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; same layer and the same scale band (growth-stage private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompareMeta PlatformsPublic · $1.5TPlayground and Meta AI do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (public).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareLiquid AIPrivateOpen Weights Licensing and LEAP do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Liquid AI's scale not recorded.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareKlaviyoPublic · $5.5BPlayground and Klaviyo Image Remix do comparable work on image editing and image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; similar scale (public).2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareRunPodPrivateFLUX API and Public Endpoints do comparable work on image generation and video generation; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API and create images and video; RunPod's scale not recorded.3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareReplitPrivate · $9BPlayground and Replit Design do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; same layer and the same scale band (growth-stage private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompareHumainPrivateOpen Weights Licensing and HUMAIN COMPUTE do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Humain's scale not recorded.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareThinking Machines LabPrivate · $12BOpen Weights Licensing and Tinker do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; larger scale (private); ships API service rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerLarger scaleCompareEleutherAINonprofitOpen Weights Licensing and GPT-NeoX do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; EleutherAI is a nonprofit, with no independent scale; ships developer tool rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareTencentPublic · $510.1BOpen Weights Licensing and Tencent Cloud TI Platform do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; larger scale (public).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareInVideoPrivate · $52.5M raisedPlayground and invideo AI both serve buyers who need to create images and video; similar scale (private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareIntelPublic · $463.7BPlayground and Intel AI Playground do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (public).3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareCaptionsPrivate · $500MPlayground and AI Edit both serve buyers who need to create images and video; smaller scale (private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompareHour OnePrivatePlayground and Reals both serve buyers who need to create images and video; Hour One's scale not recorded.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareByteDancePrivatePlayground and Dreamina do comparable work on image editing and image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (private).3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareNeuralGaragePrivate · $1.5M raisedPlayground and SyncMonster both serve buyers who need to create images and video; similar scale (private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareNous ResearchPrivate · $70M raisedFLUX API and Nous Portal both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; similar scale (private).Shared product typeCompareElevenLabsPrivate · $11BFLUX API and Image to Video AI Conversion do comparable work on image generation and video generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (private).3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareCivitaiPrivate · $5.1M raisedPlayground and Civitai do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; similar scale (private); ships API service and platform rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareTypefacePrivatePlayground and Typeface Prompt do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Typeface's scale not recorded.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareHeyGenPrivate · $500MPlayground and HeyGen both serve buyers who need to create images and video; smaller scale (private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSmaller scaleCompareD-IDPrivatePlayground and Creative Reality Studio both serve buyers who need to create images and video; D-ID's scale not recorded.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSynthesiaPrivate · $4BPlayground and Synthesia API both serve buyers who need to create images and video; same layer and the same scale band (growth-stage private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompareHugging FacePrivate · $4.5BOpen Weights Licensing and Hugging Face Jobs do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; same layer and the same scale band (growth-stage private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompareLambdaPrivate · $1.5B raisedOpen Weights Licensing and Lambda 1-Click Clusters do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; similar scale (private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareNebius GroupPublic · $61.6BFLUX API and Nebius Token Factory both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; larger scale (public).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareWorld LabsPrivate · $5.3BPlayground and Marble both serve buyers who need to create images and video; same layer and the same scale band (growth-stage private).Shared product typeSame scale bandCompareBasetenPrivate · $13BFLUX API and Baseten Model APIs both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; larger scale (private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareYandexPublicPlayground and Alice AI do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Yandex's scale not recorded.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareCerebras SystemsPublic · $44.4BFLUX API and Cerebras Inference both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; larger scale (public).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareModalPrivate · $466M raisedOpen Weights Licensing and Modal Training do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; same layer and the same scale band (growth-stage private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompareTogether AIPrivate · $8.3BOpen Weights Licensing and Together GPU Clusters do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; same layer and the same scale band (growth-stage private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompareNAVER CloudPrivatePlayground and Papago Image Translation do comparable work on image editing; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; NAVER Cloud's scale not recorded.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareFireworks AIPrivate · $17.5BFLUX API and Fireworks Nexus both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; larger scale (private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareSamsung ElectronicsPublic · $1.2TPlayground and Galaxy AI do comparable work on image editing; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (public).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareKakaoPublic · $16BPlayground and Kanana do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (public).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareShopifyPublic · $196.7BPlayground and Sidekick do comparable work on image editing; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (public).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareColossyanPrivateFLUX API and Cora do comparable work on video generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Colossyan's scale not recorded; ships AI agent rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareOraclePublic · $454.4BOpen Weights Licensing and OCI Compute for GPUs do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; larger scale (public).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareHuawei CloudPrivateFLUX API and MaaS both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; Huawei Cloud's scale not recorded.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareNVIDIAPublic · $5.1TFLUX API and NVIDIA NIM both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; larger scale (public).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareBaichuanPrivate · $2.8BFLUX API and Baichuan Open Platform both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; same layer and the same scale band (growth-stage private).Shared product typeSame scale bandCompareCrusoePrivate · $10BOpen Weights Licensing and Crusoe Cloud do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; larger scale (private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareCoreWeavePublic · $48.5BOpen Weights Licensing and CoreWeave AI Cloud do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; larger scale (public).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompare4ParadigmPublic · $2BOpen Weights Licensing and 4Paradigm Sage HyperCycle do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; similar scale (public).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareCactus ComputePrivateOpen Weights Licensing and Cactus Platform do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Cactus Compute's scale not recorded.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareDatabricksPrivate · $190BOpen Weights Licensing and Databricks Model Training do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; larger scale (private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareJasperPrivatePlayground and Jasper do comparable work on image generation; both also serve buyers who need to create images and video; Jasper's scale not recorded.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareLabelboxPrivate · $189M raisedOpen Weights Licensing and Terra do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; similar scale (private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareG42Private · $2.3B raisedFLUX API and Jais both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; similar scale (private).Shared product typeCompareLG CorpPublic · $13.4BFLUX API and K-EXAONE 2.0 both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; larger scale (public).Shared product typeLarger scaleCompareMicrosoftPublic · $3.7TOpen Weights Licensing and Azure Machine Learning do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; larger scale (public).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareComet MLPrivate · $70M raisedOpen Weights Licensing and Comet Experiment Tracking do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; similar scale (private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareTuringPrivate · $2.2BOpen Weights Licensing and RL environments do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; ships agent platform and data service rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerSame scale bandCompareTolokaPrivateOpen Weights Licensing and Toloka Train do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Toloka's scale not recorded; ships AI agent, data service and 1 more rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareSiemensPublic · $244.7BOpen Weights Licensing and Rapidminer AI Studio do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; larger scale (public).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareCoherePrivate · $7BFLUX API and Cohere Platform both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; same layer and the same scale band (growth-stage private).Shared product typeSame scale bandCompareDell TechnologiesPublic · $360.7BOpen Weights Licensing and Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; larger scale (public).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareWeights & BiasesAcquiredOpen Weights Licensing and W&B Serverless RL do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Weights & Biases is acquired, with no independent scale; ships API service, developer tool and 1 more rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareDeepSeekPrivate · $50BFLUX API and DeepSeek API Platform both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; larger scale (private).Shared product typeLarger scaleCompareAleph AlphaPrivate · $500M raisedFLUX API and Pharia-1-LLM both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; same layer and the same scale band (growth-stage private).Shared product typeSame scale bandCompareApplied MaterialsPublic · $380.7BOpen Weights Licensing and SmartFactory AI Predictive Metrology do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; larger scale (public).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareUnslothPrivateOpen Weights Licensing and Unsloth do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Unsloth's scale not recorded; ships developer tool rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareAMDPublic · $785.1BOpen Weights Licensing and AMD Developer Cloud do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; larger scale (public).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareAnthropicPrivate · $965BPlayground and Claude Design both serve buyers who need to create images and video; larger scale (private).Shared product typeLarger scaleCompareSarvam AIPrivate · $275M raisedFLUX API and Sarvam AI Platform both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; similar scale (private).Shared product typeCompareIBMPublic · $216.6BOpen Weights Licensing and IBM SPSS Modeler do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; larger scale (public).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareMoonshot AIPrivate · $35BFLUX API and Kimi Open Platform both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; larger scale (private).Shared product typeLarger scaleCompareAmazonPublic · $2.8TFLUX API and Amazon Bedrock both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; larger scale (public).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareInsilico MedicinePublic · $4.3BOpen Weights Licensing and Biology42: Generative Biologics do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; similar scale (public).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareKakao EnterprisePrivateOpen Weights Licensing and Kubeflow do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Kakao Enterprise's scale not recorded; ships developer tool and platform rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareNeo4jPrivate · $2BOpen Weights Licensing and Neo4j Graph Data Science do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; same layer and the same scale band (growth-stage private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompare01.AIPrivateFLUX API and Yi both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; 01.AI's scale not recorded.Shared product typeCompareUpstagePrivate · $958.8MFLUX API and Solar LLMs both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; smaller scale (private).Shared product typeSmaller scaleCompareAppenPublicOpen Weights Licensing and AI Data Platform do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; Appen's scale not recorded; ships data service and platform rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareSnorkel AIPrivate · $1.3BOpen Weights Licensing and Snorkel Flow do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; ships agent platform, data service and 1 more rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerSame scale bandCompareHuaweiPrivateOpen Weights Licensing and MindSpore do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; larger scale (private); ships developer tool and hardware rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareDataikuPrivate · $3.7BOpen Weights Licensing and Dataiku do comparable work on model training; both also serve buyers who need to train or fine-tune a model; same layer and the same scale band (growth-stage private).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompare

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Sources

Total funding

News reporting · 1 Dec 2025

Black Forest Labs Announces Series B Investment to Accelerate Frontier Visual Intelligence, Black Forest Labs (GlobeNewswire), December 1, 2025. Read via stockanalysis.com's citation for this figure on 2026-08-27.

Valuation

Press release · 1 Dec 2025

Laying the Foundations for Visual Intelligence—Our $300M Series B, Black Forest Labs, 2025-12-01. post-money valuation of the round dated 2025-12-01. Read via stockanalysis.com's citation for this figure on 2026-08-27.

Employees

News reporting · Apr 2026

Forbes company profile for Black Forest Labs, "Employees" stated as of April 2026. Read 2026-08-27.

Founded

Wikipedia · 11 Sep 2026

"Black Forest Labs was founded in 2024 by Robin Rombach, Andreas Blattmann, and Patrick Esser, former employees of Stability AI."

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