​Andreas Blattmann

Black Forest Labs

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​Andreas is a Co-Founder of the German generative AI startup Black Forest Labs, best known for its state-of-the-art text-to-image foundation model FLUX and backed by renowned venture capital firms like Andreessen Horowitz.​

Prior to founding Black Forest Labs, Andreas was a generative AI researcher at LMU Munich, NVIDIA, and Stability AI, where he made significant contributions in the field of image and video generation.

He is the co-inventor of Latent Diffusion, a generative modeling technique that led to the famous open-source text-to-image AI system Stable Diffusion, which he co-developed. Today, the Latent Diffusion technique powers cutting-edge AI models for visual media such as FLUX, Midjourney, and OpenAI’s DALL-E 3, and has been adopted in a variety of related fields such as audio generation, medical imaging, and more. Andreas was named one of Germany’s Top 40 Under 40 in 2024 by Capital Magazin.​

Beyond his entrepreneurial endeavors, Andreas has an extensive academic background, with publications amassing over 22,000 citations, reflecting his profound impact on the AI research community.

His work on high-resolution image synthesis using latent diffusion models has set new benchmarks in the field, influencing both academic research and practical applications. Andreas's commitment to open-source principles has fostered a collaborative environment, accelerating innovation and accessibility in AI technologies.