Andreas Blattmann
Co-Founder
Black Forest Labs
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Artificial Intelligence
Consulting & B2B services
About Me
Andreas Blattmann 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 StabilityAI, 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-E3 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 the Capital Magazin.
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GP1131: From Foundation Models to Products at Scale
Room: N03 Foundation models are redefining AI scaling them into real products is tough. Join leaders from labs and startups as they share how they're building next-gen AI tools—tackling challenges in architecture, fine-tuning, UX, and infrastructure to turn frontier AI into real-world impact.
Founders Discussion - Born Global: Building for the World from Day One
Should you grow locally first or aim for global scale from day one? This session explores what it means to be “Born Global” and how founders can embed international ambition early—through product design, team setup, and go-to-market strategy. We’ll dive into key choices around timing, localization, cross-border operations, and attracting global partners and investors.