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The Black Forest Team
The team at Black Forest Labs consists of accomplished AI researchers and engineers with a strong history of creating foundational generative AI models across academic, industry, and open-source platforms. Their innovations include notable models like VQGAN, Latent Diffusion, and the widely used Stable Diffusion series for both image and video generation, such as Stable Diffusion XL, Stable Video Diffusion, and Rectified Flow Transformers. They also pioneered Adversarial Diffusion Distillation, enabling ultra-fast, real-time image synthesis.
Guided by the belief that accessible models promote transparency, foster trust, and drive collaboration across the research and academic communities, the team is dedicated to developing high-quality AI technology and making it available to as many people as possible.
Robin Rombach is cofounder of Black Forest Labs.
Andreas Blattman is cofounder of Black Forest Labs.
Patrick Esser is cofounder of Black Forest Labs.
Anjney Midha is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where he invests in AI, infrastructure, and open source technology.
Funding
Black Forest Labs recently closed a successful Series Seed funding round, raising $31 million. The round was led by primary investor Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from angel investors Brendan Iribe, Michael Ovitz, Garry Tan, Timo Aila, Vladlen Koltun, and other prominent figures in AI research and startup development. Additional support from General Catalyst and MätchVC will help advance the mission of making cutting-edge European AI accessible worldwide.
The team is also proud to introduce its advisory board, featuring Michael Ovitz, who brings valuable insights from the content creation industry, and Prof. Matthias Bethge, a leader in neural style transfer and a significant voice in European AI research.