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Bloomberg
5 days ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
The Next Era for the Digital Ad Market
M13 Partner Brent Murri discusses why the firm led a $10 million seed round in generative AI startup Kontext and what developments he expects AI to bring to the advertising industry. Murri joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on 'Bloomberg Tech.' (Source: Bloomberg)
Time of India
21-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
FLUX 1 Kontext & Playground API: The Next Evolution in in‑Context Visual AI.
A Paradigm Shift in Visual‑First Workflows In‑Context Generation: From Prompt to Canvas Variant Line‑Up Tailored for Every Scale Playground API: Instant Hands‑On Creativity Live Events An Asset for Visual Transformation The release of FLUX 1 Kontext reframes what 'generative AI' means for imagery. Rather than layering an editing model on top of a text‑only generator, Black Forest Labs rebuilt the stack around in‑context flow matching. The platform accepts both textual instructions and reference images, allowing users to steer style, composition, and subject identity with surgical precision. This architecture bridges the gap between ideation and delivery, compressing multi‑tool workflows into a single, iterative loop that moves at the speed of diffusion systems excel at first‑pass synthesis but falter when asked to preserve characters, logos, or fine‑grained details across successive edits. FLUX 1 Kontext attacks that weakness head‑on. Every generation step factors in the cumulative context—prompt history, reference images, and prior outputs—so subsequent edits refine rather than overwrite. The result is continuity: brand mascots retain their exact facial geometry, typographic treatments survive color swaps, and product mock‑ups remain pixel‑perfect through countless ships in three calibrated tiers. Kontext [pro] targets real‑time production pipelines; it delivers multi‑turn edits lightning‑fast while locking down character integrity. Kontext [max] pushes resolution, typography fidelity, and hyper‑realistic textures for agencies chasing photo‑grade results. Finally, Kontext [dev]—a 12‑billion‑parameter open‑weight model—drops into private beta for researchers and indie developers, providing self‑hosted experimentation without black‑box constraints. This tiered approach ensures startups prototype cheaply while Fortune 500 studios crank out billboard‑ready new Playground API offers a friction‑free testing arena. A browser‑based console lets users drag‑and‑drop images, type free‑form prompts, and watch outputs appear in seconds—no GPU wrangling, no local installs. Developers can flip seamlessly from playful exploration to production scripting by hitting the same REST endpoints that power the demo. Every call returns JSON metadata—generation seed, safety flags, latency metrics—so engineering teams can wire Kontext into CI pipelines or content‑moderation layers without like DALL‑E, Midjourney, or Stable Diffusion require separate plug‑ins—or entire rerolls—to tweak outputs. Kontext's flow‑matching backbone treats generation and editing as two sides of the same coin. This means fewer hand‑offs, no round‑tripping, and far less data drift. Add in the Playground's native rate‑limit handling, enterprise‑grade observability, and integrated safety filters, and you have a platform engineered for scale rather than weekend open‑sourcing the dev tier and publishing full model cards, Black Forest Labs signals a commitment to transparency and community‑driven innovation. At the same time, production endpoints layer multiple moderation gates—CSAM, extremism, gore—ensuring enterprises don't trade speed for compliance. Fine‑grained filters can be tuned to organizational risk profiles, and audit logs track every prompt‑output pair for downstream 1 Kontext and the Playground API don't merely iterate on the status quo—they declare a new baseline for visual‑first generative AI . By collapsing generation and editing into one context‑aware engine, slashing inference latency, and baking compliance into every endpoint, Black Forest Labs offers a production‑ready toolkit that converts creative ambition into shippable assets without detours. For organizations intent on owning the next wave of visual storytelling , Kontext isn't optional innovation; it's table stakes for staying competitive in an increasingly image‑driven economy.
Economic Times
21-07-2025
- Business
- Economic Times
FLUX 1 Kontext & Playground API: The Next Evolution in in‑Context Visual AI.
Synopsis Black Forest Labs has rolled out FLUX 1 Kontext—a suite of generative flow‑matching models—and an accompanying Playground API that hands creators, developers, and enterprises a high‑velocity, multimodal image engine. By unifying text‑to‑image and image‑to‑image tasks inside one context‑aware pipeline, FLUX 1 Kontext promises unprecedented consistency, speed, and creative control, elevating it far above the fragmented toolchains that dominate today's market. The release of FLUX 1 Kontext reframes what 'generative AI' means for imagery. Rather than layering an editing model on top of a text‑only generator, Black Forest Labs rebuilt the stack around in‑context flow matching. The platform accepts both textual instructions and reference images, allowing users to steer style, composition, and subject identity with surgical precision. This architecture bridges the gap between ideation and delivery, compressing multi‑tool workflows into a single, iterative loop that moves at the speed of diffusion systems excel at first‑pass synthesis but falter when asked to preserve characters, logos, or fine‑grained details across successive edits. FLUX 1 Kontext attacks that weakness head‑on. Every generation step factors in the cumulative context—prompt history, reference images, and prior outputs—so subsequent edits refine rather than overwrite. The result is continuity: brand mascots retain their exact facial geometry, typographic treatments survive color swaps, and product mock‑ups remain pixel‑perfect through countless iterations. Kontext ships in three calibrated tiers. Kontext [pro] targets real‑time production pipelines; it delivers multi‑turn edits lightning‑fast while locking down character integrity. Kontext [max] pushes resolution, typography fidelity, and hyper‑realistic textures for agencies chasing photo‑grade results. Finally, Kontext [dev]—a 12‑billion‑parameter open‑weight model—drops into private beta for researchers and indie developers, providing self‑hosted experimentation without black‑box constraints. This tiered approach ensures startups prototype cheaply while Fortune 500 studios crank out billboard‑ready new Playground API offers a friction‑free testing arena. A browser‑based console lets users drag‑and‑drop images, type free‑form prompts, and watch outputs appear in seconds—no GPU wrangling, no local installs. Developers can flip seamlessly from playful exploration to production scripting by hitting the same REST endpoints that power the demo. Every call returns JSON metadata—generation seed, safety flags, latency metrics—so engineering teams can wire Kontext into CI pipelines or content‑moderation layers without like DALL‑E, Midjourney, or Stable Diffusion require separate plug‑ins—or entire rerolls—to tweak outputs. Kontext's flow‑matching backbone treats generation and editing as two sides of the same coin. This means fewer hand‑offs, no round‑tripping, and far less data drift. Add in the Playground's native rate‑limit handling, enterprise‑grade observability, and integrated safety filters, and you have a platform engineered for scale rather than weekend hacks. By open‑sourcing the dev tier and publishing full model cards, Black Forest Labs signals a commitment to transparency and community‑driven innovation. At the same time, production endpoints layer multiple moderation gates—CSAM, extremism, gore—ensuring enterprises don't trade speed for compliance. Fine‑grained filters can be tuned to organizational risk profiles, and audit logs track every prompt‑output pair for downstream 1 Kontext and the Playground API don't merely iterate on the status quo—they declare a new baseline for visual‑first generative AI. By collapsing generation and editing into one context‑aware engine, slashing inference latency, and baking compliance into every endpoint, Black Forest Labs offers a production‑ready toolkit that converts creative ambition into shippable assets without detours. For organizations intent on owning the next wave of visual storytelling, Kontext isn't optional innovation; it's table stakes for staying competitive in an increasingly image‑driven economy.
Business Wire
29-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Black Forest Labs Launches FLUX.1 Kontext, a Breakthrough in Context-aware Image Generation and Editing
FREIBURG, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Black Forest Labs, Europe's fast-rising frontier AI research lab, announced today the release of FLUX.1 Kontext, a new suite of image generation models that introduce powerful in-context generating and editing capabilities. Kontext enables users to generate, retouch, and iteratively refine images from both text and visual inputs, without the need for finetuning or complex editing workflows. "FLUX.1 Kontext represents a fundamental shift from traditional editing approaches by unifying image generation and editing in a single flow matching architecture," said Robin Rombach, CEO and co-founder of Black Forest Labs. FLUX.1 Kontext is designed for creators, developers, and enterprises seeking precision and creative control. The model can understand and extract visual concepts from images, maintain stylistic and character consistency across multiple scenes, and apply localized edits with exceptional fidelity. This enables seamless visual storytelling, fast ideation, and highly targeted content generation, all at inference speeds up to 8x faster than leading alternatives. "FLUX.1 Kontext represents a fundamental shift from traditional editing approaches by unifying image generation and editing in a single flow matching architecture," said Robin Rombach, CEO and co-founder of Black Forest Labs. "Using simple flow matching training, we have achieved state-of-the-art character consistency across multi-turn edits while maintaining interactive inference speeds of 3-5 seconds at 1MP resolution. This enables truly iterative creative workflows that were previously impossible due to visual drift and latency constraints." A Complete Suite for In-Context Generation The FLUX.1 Kontext suite introduces two distinct models: Kontext [Pro] and Kontext [Max], each designed to meet the demands of advanced image generation and editing. Kontext [Pro] is built for iterative editing workflows. It generates images from text or reference images and supports local edits, scene transformations, and multi-step refinements while preserving character and stylistic consistency. Kontext [Max] offers maximum performance, combining exceptional prompt adherence, advanced typography handling, and premium rendering quality with no compromise on speed. Together, these models deliver photorealistic outputs with minimal latency and support a wide range of applications from rapid ideation to high-end creative production. A B2B Playground for Enterprise Evaluation As part of the rollout, Black Forest Labs is introducing the Playground, a browser-based demo environment designed for business users to explore the full capabilities of the FLUX.1 model suite. Tailored for enterprise evaluation, the Playground allows teams to validate internal use cases, demonstrate functionality to stakeholders, and experiment with advanced image generation in real time. Playground enables risk-free exploration and rapid demonstration of value, making it easy to assess the power of FLUX before committing to full integration. Additional components of the Kontext model suite will launch on a rolling basis over the coming weeks, including: Open-weights, distilled variant of Flux.1 Kontext Access of FLUX open-weights models for self-deployment with transparent pricing and instant commercial use rights. Kontext follows the success of FLUX.1 Dev, one of Hugging Face's most popular models with over 30 million downloads. To date, the FLUX.1 family of models have generated 700 million images via API. To learn more, visit About Black Forest Labs Black Forest Labs is a European frontier AI lab advancing the future of generative media. Founded by leading AI researchers, BFL develops state-of-the-art image and video generation systems that are performant, accessible, and responsibly deployed. With deep roots in foundational research, the company continuously builds advanced infrastructure to empower creators, developers, and forward-thinking enterprises to bring their imagination to life.
