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Patrick Esser

Co-founder, Black Forest Labs

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About Patrick Esser

Patrick Esser is a co-founder of Black Forest Labs.

Black Forest Labs: FLUX image models, by the original Stable Diffusion researchers.

Today Black Forest Labs ranks #31 of 144 on the AGIX Leaderboard, with 8 research roles open and 27 public models released in the last year. It's one of the companies shaping how general-purpose AI gets built, and Patrick is part of that story.

Facts from public company information; lab figures from AGIX data, 2 Nov 2026. Patrick, or someone who works with them? Suggest an update.

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