Interview: Black Forest Labs founder: "A race with the world's largest AI company is intimidating"
The company Black Forest Labs is once again setting standards with its latest AI model. Co-founder and lead researcher Axel Sauer explains what is behind it in an interview with the Handelsblatt.
On this day, Black Forest Labs co-founder Axel Sauer spoke to participants of the incubator program and early-stage company development program at Cybervalley, a research and innovation network for AI and robotics in Baden-Württemberg. BFL, with a valuation of $3.25 billion, is one of the most promising German startups for AI built on its own research.
The Freiburg AI firm has achieved this success, and Sauer plays a significant role in it as a leading researcher. Back in his hometown of Tübingen, Sauer presents photorealistic images generated by BFL's image generator, Flux, including a cat with glowing eyes and a scene in China where elderly men play chess on the street. Sauer still feels excited when he sees such creations, as recognizing something on synthetically generated AI images was a success even during his studies.
Now, BFL generates more than just images; users on the short message service X are already posting videos created by the latest Flux 3 model generation. The Handelsblatt interviewed Sauer after his presentation in Tübingen, discussing the groundbreaking capabilities of the latest model series, the race against the world's most powerful tech giants, and whether top research and building a sustainable business model can coexist. Read the full interview with Black Forest Labs co-founder Axel Sauer.
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