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Black Forest Labs puts imagination on tap
The researchers behind Stable Diffusion built FLUX for people who build other things. Their bet: the image model that travels furthest becomes part of the furniture.
Andreas Blattmann and the Art of Making Images Move
He helped make image generation practical, then built a visual AI company in Freiburg. For Andreas Blattmann, the next question is what happens when pictures begin to move - and machines begin to act.
Robin Rombach Took the Long Way Home to the Future of Images
Robin Rombach helped make image generation practical, then went home to Freiburg to build the next chapter. At Black Forest Labs, his argument for open visual AI has travelled from research papers to the G7 table.
SMART GREEN gets climate tech closer to its first customer
The Freiburg startup hub connects researchers, founders, investors and industrial buyers. Its most useful offering may be a chance to prove that a clever technology belongs in somebody’s business.