Stability AI
Open-source generative AI for creators
About Stability AI
Stability AI is a generative AI company focused on giving creators, developers and enterprises greater control over AI-generated media. Founded in 2020, it became widely known after releasing Stable Diffusion in August 2022 and its models have since been downloaded more than 350 million times.
Their current portfolio spans image generation and editing, video, audio and 3D, with products including Stable Diffusion, Stable Video and Stable Audio 3.0.
The company has increasingly shifted from providing individual models toward production-ready creative tools and enterprise workflows. Its offerings include Brand Studio for on-brand content production, custom foundation models trained on a company’s visual data, self-hosted deployments and APIs.
As per the company, its technology is being used across marketing, advertising, design, gaming and entertainment, with customers and partners including WPP, Electronic Arts, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, HubSpot, Microsoft Azure and AWS. Its current CEO is Prem Akkaraju, while filmmaker Sean Parker serves as Executive Chairman.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Stability AI?
Stability AI is a generative AI company focused on open and adaptable models for image, video, audio, 3D and other creative media applications. It is best known for developing and commercializing the Stable Diffusion family of models.
When was Stability AI founded?
Stability AI was founded in 2020 by Emad Mostaque and Cyrus Hodes. The company initially focused on supporting open-source AI research and later became widely known after the release of Stable Diffusion in August 2022.
Who founded Stability AI?
Stability AI was co-founded by Emad Mostaque and Cyrus Hodes. Emad Mostaque served as the company's founding CEO before stepping down as CEO and leaving its board in March 2024.
How much funding has Stability AI raised?
Stability AI announced on 25 August 2026 that its Series B brought total funding to $232 million, inclusive of two equity rounds and convertible notes.
What was Stability AI's valuation?
Stability AI was valued at approximately $1 billion post-money following its $101 million funding round announced on 17 October 2022. The company has not publicly disclosed a definitive valuation for its later funding rounds.
Who invested in Stability AI?
Major investors across Stability AI's funding history include Coatue, Lightspeed Venture Partners, O'Shaughnessy Ventures, Sound Ventures, Greycroft, Sean Parker, Eric Schmidt, Prem Akkaraju, WPP, 75 & Sunny, Electronic Arts, Sony Music Group, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, AMD Ventures and Pacific Alliance Ventures.
What is Stability AI best known for?
Stability AI is best known for Stable Diffusion, an open generative image model released in August 2022 that helped accelerate the adoption of text-to-image AI. The company has since expanded into video, audio and 3D generation.
Who is the CEO of Stability AI?
Prem Akkaraju is the CEO of Stability AI. He was appointed CEO on 25 June 2024 as part of a leadership transition that also brought Sean Parker in as Executive Chairman.
