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Black Forest Labs , the Andreessen Horowitz - indorse startup behind theimage generation constituent of xAI ’s Grok assistant , has set in motion an API in genus Beta — and give up a new model .
The raw API leave Black Forest Labs ’ family of image generation models , Flux , in a negociate parcel . Using it , developers can prefer which Flux model to build up into their app or service . Add - ons admit a contented temperance layer and constraint on picture resolution .
Black Forest Labs also unveiled today its modish image generation model , Flux1.1 Pro , which it lay claim provides six metre profligate generation than its forerunner , Flux.1 Pro . The model can scale up to 2k ( 2048 × 1080 ) images — a feature film that ’ll presently issue forth to the API — “ while also ameliorate figure timber , prompt adhesion , and diverseness , ” says Black Forest Labs in ablog post .
In accession to Black Forest Labs ’ own platform , Flux1.1 Pro is usable through the startup ’s partners , include Together AI , Replicate , Fal . AI , and Freepik .
Prices start at 2.5 course credit per image ; 100 credits cost $ 1 . Flux1.1 Pro cost 4 credits per image .
Black Forest Labs , which is based in Germany and recently emerged from stealth with $ 31 million in funding , was co - establish by the engineers who built the tech behindStability AI , include Andreas Blattmann , Patrick Esser , Dominik Lorenz , and CEO Robin Rombach .
The startup became the subject of controversy after its deal with xAI to build up Flux into Grok without safety guardrail , which resulted in a torrent of outrageous — and ugly — images . Black Forest Labs has n’t disclosed which data point it used to condition Flux , but the images on xAIsuggestthat copyrighted deeds made their way into the training set , which could — if the rights holders resolve to sue — become a financial obligation .
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Black Forest Labs , whose other backer admit Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan and former Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe , is educate television - generating models and issaidto be raising $ 100 million at a $ 1 billion rating . That ’s a important jump up from its previous evaluation of $ 150 million .
The API , no doubt , is a key part of this . Training and running models is expensive , and investors loosely want to see returns — or at the very least , a roadmap to returns .
API or no , it ’s sure to be an uphill mounting to dominance in media coevals — if that ’s indeed the finish — for Black Forest Labs , conceive the formidable and grow competitor . Ideogram , Pika , Luma , Runway , Stability , andMidjourneyare just a few of the players in the space , not to cite incumbent like OpenAI and Google .
