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German image-generation lab behind the FLUX family of diffusion models. Raised $300M Series B at $3.25B in Dec 2025, co-led by Salesforce Ventures and Anjney Midha (a16z).
| Name | Black Forest Labs |
|---|---|
| Aliases | BFL, Flux |
| Space | Image |
| Founded | 2024 |
| Latest valuation | $3.25B |
| Stage | — |
| Status | active |
| HQ | Freiburg |
| Founders | Robin Rombach, Patrick Esser, Andreas Blattmann |
| Website | https://bfl.ai |
| Careers | https://bfl.ai/careers |
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| Date | Round | Amount ($M) | Valuation | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | $3.25B | reported |
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| Date | Type | Title | Source |
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| 2026-06-03 | added | Black Forest Labs added to tracker Latest valuation: $3.25B. | — |
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| Lab | Valuation | Founded |
|---|---|---|
| Midjourney | — | 2021 |
| Stability AI | ~$2.8B | 2019 |
| Recraft | ~$300M | 2022 |
| Ideogram | ~$235M | 2022 |