FLUX started as an image model story, but this talk makes the larger ambition clear: visual intelligence, not just image generation. From FLUX.1 through Kontext, FLUX.2, and FLUX.2 Klein, Black Forest Labs has been pushing fast, open releases while building toward models that understand images, video, audio, actions, and eventually the physical world itself. Along the way, Stephen Batifol walks through the research behind that direction, including BFL's work on self-supervised multimodal training, real-time ...

More than seven years since Forbes launched its first AI 50 list, the artificial intelligence industry has exploded, growing more expansive and increasingly too crowded for a single list to capture. As venture capital firms continue to pour money into AI, a new tier of startups has emerged: younger, earlier-stage companies building fast and raising faster as they try to rival their more established peers.That’s why this year, for the first time, Forbes is introducing the AI 50 Brink List, spotlighting 20 of ...

Tencent and Alibaba earnings will be shaped by rising AI investment costs and growing competition in China’s AI sector, following DeepSeek’s high-profile V4 model launch https://t.co/JoCpgYo2qL ...

Andreessen Horowitz has led a $16 million funding round for Pit, an artificial intelligence startup based in Sweden https://t.co/fKsHStDbWF ...

Anthropic Deploys AI Agents to Tackle Wall Street's Most Tedious Workhttps://t.co/7subiCP43F ...

SIERRA RAISES $950 MILLION AT $15 BILLION VALUATION, 40% OF FORTUNE 50 NOW USING ITS AI AGENTSSierra (@SierraPlatform) raised $950 million led by Tiger Global and GV, pushing the AI customer experience startup's post-money valuation above $15 billion.Founded by OpenAI Chairman and former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor (@btaylor), Sierra started with four design partners. Today over 40% of the Fortune 50 are customers, with agents handling billions of interactions: refinancing mortgages, processing insurance ...