Jobs at Black Forest Labs

Recomputed daily from public data: capital freshness (0-35) + hiring velocity (0-30) + pay transparency (0-20) + employer rating (0-15; unrated scores the neutral 7), minus up to 10 for documented headwinds (lawsuits, layoffs, leadership churn). Transparent formula, not investment or career advice.

450Mtotal raised

Series B, $300M, 2025last round

Latestage

51-200team size

FreiburgHQ

2024founded

~107headcount (as of 2026-05)

Founders: Robin Rombach (CEO; co-created Stable Diffusion (latent diffusion), ex-Stability AI research lead) · Andreas Blattmann (Stable Diffusion co-author, ex-Stability AI researcher) · Patrick Esser (Stable Diffusion co-author, ex-Runway/Stability AI researcher) · Dominik Lorenz (Stable Diffusion co-author, ex-Stability AI researcher)

Backed by: a16z, Salesforce Ventures, Nvidia, General Catalyst, Northzone, Creandum

Signals

$300M Series B at $3.25B valuation (Dec 2025) co-led by Salesforce Ventures and AMP; makers of the FLUX image models.

In the news

Martin Scorsese Is Embracing A.I. The New York Times · 2026-06-02

What Marketers Can Learn From A Small AI Startup That Said No To Elon Forbes · 2026-05-17

Absolute Cinema? Martin Scorsese Used AI to Help Storyboard His Next Movie Rolling Stone · 2026-06-02

Director Martin Scorsese Joins AI Image Startup Black Forest Labs PetaPixel · 2026-06-03

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Culture read

Scale-up: teams forming, still founder-visible.

Indicative read from public signals, not insider info

Momentum index 38/100 = capital freshness (0-35) + hiring velocity (0-30) + comp transparency (0-20) + workplace rating (0-15), minus documented headwinds. Recomputed daily; not investment or career advice.