Stability AI
stability.ai
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$177M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$76M
Series B · Aug 2026 · 1 mo ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
6
open roles
Backers
4
Betaworks, Greycroft
The money's age
Fresh money
1 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
45/100
a new city, in the news, fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
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Aug 25
Raised a round Series B $76M · Variety
May 20
Launched Stability AI releases a new audio model that can create 6-minute songs · TechCrunch
Oct 23, 2025
Partnership Stability AI and EA Partner to Empower Artists, Designers, and Developers to Reimagine Game Development · Stability AI
Sep 10, 2025
Launched Stability AI Introduces Stable Audio 2.5, the First Audio Model Built for Enterprise Sound Production at Scale · Stability AI
May 14, 2025
Launched Stability AI releases an audio-generating model that can run on smartphones · TechCrunch
Jun 21, 2024
New executive Stability AI appoints new CEO · reuters.com
Jun 5, 2024
Launched Stability AI releases a sound generator · TechCrunch
Apr 18, 2024
Layoffs Stability AI lays off roughly 10 percent of its workforce · verge
Feb 22, 2024
On the Hacker News front page Stable Diffusion 3 · 983 points
Nov 21, 2023
On the Hacker News front page Stable Video Diffusion · 1330 points
Sep 14, 2023
Launched Stability AI launches new AI music generator and it looks genuinely useful for music producers · MusicRadar
May 15, 2023
Launched Stability AI unveils new tool for generating animations with just a text prompt · Fox Business
Apr 19, 2023
On the Hacker News front page StableLM: A new open-source language model · 1502 points
Nov 24, 2022
On the Hacker News front page Stable Diffusion 2.0 · 1368 points
Aug 22, 2022
On the Hacker News front page Stable Diffusion Public Release · 770 points
2022
Raised a round Series A $101M
Nov 4, 2019
Founded per the company register
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.01%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
94
best: 1502 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series B | Aug 2026 | $76M | Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, Sony Music Group, Electronic Arts | Variety |
| Series A | 2022 | $101M | — |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Stability AI Ltd | its site |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Emad MostaqueCo-Founder & former Chief Executive Officer
Prem AkkarajuChief Executive Officer
Christian LaforteChief Technology Officer
Mohammad MostaqueExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Betaworks 
Greycroft 
Coatue 
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Overview
Stability AI is a British generative artificial intelligence company best known for releasing Stable Diffusion, the open-weight text-to-image model that popularised self-hosted image generation. The company develops foundation models across images, video, audio, language and three-dimensional content, and distributes them through open releases, a commercial API and enterprise licensing for studios and platform partners. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in London, it refocused on media and entertainment customers after a 2024 recapitalisation that installed a new leadership team and brought in investors including Sean Parker and Greg Brockman.
News
Commercial Terms of Service for Stable Diffusion and NovelAI What to Check Before Using Them for Game Assetsぷりω
An increasing number of independent game developers are creating character standees and background assets using AI image generation tools like Stable Diffusion and NovelAI. However, it is possible for someone to start using these tools based solely on the
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Stability AI Raises $76M Series B to Expand Creative AI Tools
Stability AI secures $76M in Series B funding backed by Sony, UMG, and EA. Learn how the funds will drive next-gen creative AI tools.
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Stability AI Raises $76 Million As Entertainment Giants Back Its AI Push
Stability AI raises $76 million from Sony, Universal, Warner Music, EA and others as it expands creative AI tools beyond Stable Diffusion.
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Stability AI Raises $76 Million in Funding Round Backed by Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, Sony Music Group and Electronic Arts (EXCLUSIVE)
The James Cameron-backed Stability AI has raised $76 million from some of the entertainment industry's top record labels and gaming companies.
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Stability AI releases a new audio model that can create 6-minute songs
Stability Audio 3.0 small model can run on-device and generate two-minute long tracks.
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Getty Images v Stability AI: A landmark High Court ruling on AI, copyright, and trade marks
The much-awaited decision in the lawsuit between stock photography giant Getty Images and AI developer Stability AI has now been released, see: Getty Images v Stability AI 2025 EWHC 2863 (Ch) (HT…
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Stability AI largely wins UK court battle against Getty Images over copyright and trademark
Stability AI has mostly prevailed against Getty Images in a British court battle over intellectual property.
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Stability AI and EA Partner to Empower Artists, Designers, and Developers to Reimagine Game Development
Stability AI and Electronic Arts (EA) have formed a strategic partnership to co-develop transformative generative AI models, tools, and workflows that empower EA's artists, designers, and developers to reimagine how games are made.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Stability AI over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
32
Postings analysed
9
Stack modernity
85/100AI adopter
Languages
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
Node JS
Frameworks & libraries
PyTorch
Next.js
React.js
SwiftUI
Cloud & platforms
Linux
OpenAI
Windows
GitHub
AI & ML
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$112k
Typical range
$103k – $120k
Open positions
2
1
Jobs
Junior
100%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 1 | $103k | $103k |
Highest paying role
IT Support Engineer
$120k
Normalized to USD per year
Products
API
The Stability AI API gives developers hosted access to the company's image, video, audio and 3D models. It includes editing endpoints such as inpainting, upscaling and background removal.
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Stable LM
Stable LM is Stability AI's family of open language models for text generation, summarisation and instruction following. The models are published with permissive weights for research and self-hosted deployment.
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Stable Audio
Stable Audio generates music and sound effects from text descriptions with control over length, structure and instrumentation. It is trained on licensed catalogues so output can be used commercially.
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Stable Video Diffusion
Stable Video Diffusion generates short video clips from a still image or a text prompt. It is aimed at previsualisation, advertising and effects work where studios need controllable motion.
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Stable Diffusion
Stable Diffusion is Stability AI's open-weight text-to-image model family, released in 2022 and downloaded tens of millions of times. It can be run locally, fine-tuned on custom data or called through the company's hosted API.
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People
Emad Mostaque
Co-Founder & former Chief Executive Officer
Emad Mostaque founded Stability AI in 2019 and led the open release of Stable Diffusion as chief executive. He stepped down from the role in March 2024.
Prem Akkaraju
Chief Executive Officer
Prem Akkaraju became chief executive of Stability AI in 2024 and refocused the company on media, entertainment and enterprise customers. He previously ran the visual effects studio Weta Digital.
Christian Laforte
Chief Technology Officer
Christian Laforte leads engineering and research delivery at Stability AI and served as interim co-chief executive during the 2024 transition. His background is in real-time graphics and simulation software.
Mohammad Mostaque
Executive Officer, Director
Peter O'Donoghue
Director
Zehra Qureshi
Director
Sri Viswanath
Director
James O'Shaughnessy
Director
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
58/100
Growing
Open positions
6
0 opened / 2 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
60 days
faster than 22% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Support
33% ▲
Backend
17% ▼
Hardware
17% ▼
HR
17% ▲
Solutions
17% ▲
Activity Timeline
New location: United States
Sep 2026
Added LinkedIn to stack
Sep 2026
Added Windows to stack
Sep 2026
Added Linux to stack
Sep 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack
Sep 2026
Added Agentic Workflows to stack
Sep 2026
Added OpenAI Codex to stack
Aug 2026
Added OpenAI to stack
Aug 2026
Added LLM Guardrails to stack
Aug 2026
Added ETL/ELT to stack
Aug 2026
Added PyTorch to stack
Aug 2026
Added Multimodal AI to stack
Aug 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
3
Hiring now
1
Countries
3
Busiest office
Los Angeles
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London
United Kingdom
HQ
Los Angeles
United States
Regional office
Los Angeles
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 100% remote 50-200 est. staff
hires for Backend
Toronto
Canada
Regional office
Canada (Remote)
Jobs
$75k – $103k per year • Remote (United States) • United States
Python
JavaScript
Model Context Protocol
AI Agents
Agentic Workflows
Machine Learning
DevOps
GCP
AWS
GitHub
Linux
Windows
Cybersecurity
Okta
ISO 27001
SOC 2
Management
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$85k – $120k per year • Remote (United States) • United States
Python
JavaScript
Model Context Protocol
AI Agents
Agentic Workflows
Machine Learning
DevOps
GCP
AWS
GitHub
Linux
Windows
Cybersecurity
Okta
ISO 27001
SOC 2
Management
Slack
Google Workspace
Apply
≈ $116k – $255k per year (Estimated) • In office • Bachelor's Degree • United States
Python
Fine-tuning
Multimodal AI
Computer Vision
PyTorch
Machine Learning
Apply
Remote (location not specified) • PhD
Python
Multimodal AI
Diffusion Models
Computer Vision
PyTorch
Machine Learning
Apply
≈ $102k – $232k per year (Estimated) • In office • United States
JavaScript
TypeScript
Swift
Next.js
React.js
Mobile
SwiftUI
Design
Figma
Apply
≈ $138k – $240k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States) • 6+ years exp • Los Angeles
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
SQL
Node JS
Cursor
Claude Code
OpenAI
OpenAI Codex
LLM Guardrails
Analytics
ETL/ELT
Apply
Financials
Total raised
$177M
Latest round
Series B
Funding rounds
2
Investors
3
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | Valuation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series B | 2026 | $76M | — | Details |
| Series A | 2022 | $101M | $1B |
Key Investors
O'Shaughnessy Ventures
O'Shaughnessy Ventures participated in Stability AI's early financing. The firm funds creators, researchers and technology founders.
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Lightspeed Venture Partners
Lightspeed Venture Partners co-led Stability AI's Series A round. The firm backs enterprise, consumer and AI infrastructure startups worldwide.
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Coatue Management
Coatue Management co-led Stability AI's Series A financing in 2022. The New York firm invests across public and private technology companies.
coatue.com