Black Forest Labs
Image-generation models · Model developers
What’s disclosed
Nebius named Black Forest Labs among its AI-lab customers in a 2025 data-center tour and again at Inflection 2026. On its November 2025 earnings call, Nebius identified Black Forest Labs as a customer added in Q3 within its core AI cloud business. The Inflection presentation included a Black Forest Labs testimonial about Nebius technical support. A December 2025 Reuters report carried by CNA included Black Forest in Nebius's early client base, citing Roman Chernin.
In June 2026, Nebius listed Sandeep Mandala of Black Forest Labs in its newly launched Customer Advisory Board, which provides input into the product roadmap. Black Forest Labs develops image- and video-generation models, including FLUX.1. Its specific Nebius workload has not been disclosed.
Sources
6 sourcesNebius Q3 2025 Earnings Call
12 Nov 2025 · www.youtube.com · Video
Nebius identifies Black Forest Labs as a customer added in Q3 2025 within its core AI cloud business. Nebius describes the company as developing image- and video-generation models, including FLUX.1. Evidence at 02:41, 01:05, 02:35, 03:05, 09:14, 11:59, 12:14, 20:41, 21:11, 24:11, 27:11, 37:21, 37:49, 38:00, 37:29, 38:59, 39:14, 42:14, 45:14, 48:14.
Open original source at 02:41Nebius Inflection 2026 · 20:33
19 Jun 2026 · Nebius · Video
At 20:33, the AI Labs slide names Black Forest Labs and shows its testimonial about Nebius technical support.
Open original source at 20:33Nebius Customer Advisory Board announcement
10 Jun 2026 · Savita Raina (Nebius) · Web page
Savita Raina named Sandeep Mandala of Black Forest Labs among members of the newly launched Nebius Customer Advisory Board, which provides direct input into Nebius's product roadmap.
Open original sourceNebius data center tour post
18 Nov 2025 · LinkedIn · Web page
A Nebius employee names Black Forest Labs as a customer during a data-center tour.
Open original sourceCompany context
bfl.aiBlack Forest Labs develops generative AI models for creators, developers and enterprises. Its FLUX product family generates and edits images, produces video with synchronized audio, and predicts robot actions from visual observations and text instructions. Main products include FLUX 3 Image, FLUX 3 Video, FLUX 3 Image Klein and FLUX 3 Action, alongside FLUX Tools. Customers can experiment in a browser playground, integrate models through an API, or license open weights for customization and deployment on their own infrastructure.
Documented financing · private company
Recent updates
7 updatesBlack Forest Labs releases FLUX 3 Image Klein
Black Forest Labs released a 5.6 billion parameter image generation and editing model through downloadable weights and its API. It supports native 4K output and up to 10 reference images, with free commercial use available to qualifying users below $5 million in annual revenue.
Black Forest LabsBlack Forest Labs releases FLUX 3 Image
Black Forest Labs released FLUX 3 Image with bounding-box composition, up to ten reference images and output up to 4K. BFL says it supports successive targeted edits while preserving untouched areas. Commercial weights can be licensed for deployment and fine-tuning, with an open-weight version expected in the coming weeks.
The DecoderBlack Forest Labs introduces FLUX 3 Action
The company introduced a 7B open-weight world action model for robot control.
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