# Robin Rombach

> Robin Rombach is a German AI researcher and co-founder and CEO of Freiburg-based Black Forest Labs. After studying physics at Heidelberg and researching computer vision with Björn Ommer's group, he co-authored the influential latent diffusion paper, helped develop Stable Diffusion, and led research at Stability AI. He founded Black Forest Labs with former collaborators in 2024; its FLUX models have expanded from images into video, audio and action prediction. He advocates open innovation in visual AI and addressed world leaders on the subject at the 2026 G7.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Black Forest Labs
- **Organizations:** Black Forest Labs, Stability AI, LMU Munich, Heidelberg University
- **From:** Freiburg, Germany
- **Nationality:** German
- **Education:** Physics, master's degree, Heidelberg University, PhD in computer science, LMU Munich
- **Known for:** Lead author of the 2022 CVPR paper High-Resolution Image Synthesis with Latent Diffusion Models., Contributed to the development of Stable Diffusion., Co-founded Black Forest Labs and led the launch of the FLUX model family.

## Career timeline

- **2013-2020** — Studied physics at Heidelberg University.
- **2020** — Began doctoral research in computer vision with Björn Ommer's group in Heidelberg; the group later moved to LMU Munich.
- **2022** — Co-authored the CVPR latent diffusion paper and helped develop Stable Diffusion.
- **2022-2024** — Worked at Stability AI, serving as research director.
- **2024** — Co-founded Black Forest Labs in Freiburg; the company launched FLUX.1 in August.
- **2025** — Black Forest Labs released FLUX.1 Kontext and FLUX.2.
- **2026** — Addressed G7 leaders on open visual AI; Black Forest Labs introduced FLUX 3 and FLUX 3 Action.

## Achievements

- Lead author of the 2022 CVPR paper High-Resolution Image Synthesis with Latent Diffusion Models.
- Contributed to the development of Stable Diffusion.
- Co-founded Black Forest Labs and led the launch of the FLUX model family.
- Spoke to G7 leaders in June 2026 about open innovation in visual AI.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Black Forest Labs announced FLUX 3 Action, an open-weight action model for robotics.
- **2026-09** — In an AFP interview, Rombach urged Europe to approach AI with more optimism and opportunity.
- **2026-07** — Black Forest Labs introduced FLUX 3, its multimodal image, video and audio model.
- **2026-06** — Rombach addressed G7 leaders about open innovation in visual AI.

## Links

- Website: https://bfl.ai/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/robrombach
- GitHub: https://github.com/rromb

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Last updated: 2026-09-29