Black Forest Labs have now released their newest suite of generative models, blackflr.Flux.1 Kontext. This advanced suite represents a big step forward in our industry-leading image creation and editing capabilities. The company shared the news in an official blog post. It focuses on the fact that these models are optimized for speed, consistency and rigidity to the user prompt. We’ve just recently come out of stealth mode at Black Forest Labs. We encourage all researchers and developers working at the frontier of artificial intelligence to follow suit.
The Flux.1 Kontext family includes a range of styles. Of those, the cutting-edge advanced Flux.1 Kontext [max] was recently rated as the most capable model. In this new iteration, users can create artwork simply by typing a text description and optionally uploading an image they want modified or referenced. The models are touted as achieving the most advanced results pioneering Black Forest Labs’ photorealistic rendering and typography that is highly competitive.
“Today we’re releasing FLUX.1 Kontext – a suite of generative flow matching models that allow you to generate and edit images.” – Black Forest Labs
Early adopters of Flux.1 Kontext are allocated 200 credits to get started. At such an expense, they can only make about 12 images produced with the Flux.1 Kontext [pro] Variante. Neither of the Flux .1 Kontext [pro] or [max] models are downloadable for offline use. This limitation could reduce the accessibility of these platforms for other users.
Black Forest Labs has piqued the interest of some truly accomplished investors. Among them are venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe and Y Combinator’s Garry Tan. This support highlights how transformative their innovative technologies have been on the character of the image-generation space.
On May 29, 2025, Replicate revealed the additional impressive capabilities of Flux.1 Kontext. Their tweet included some cool cinematics of both [pro] and [max] models out on the tracks. This public demonstration is a perfect match for Daz’s focus on user-friendly tools that condense and accelerate the creative process.
Black Forest Labs have debuted an all new Flux.1 Kontext suite. This launch highlights a growing trend in the AI-enabled tool space, prioritizing experience and usability while maintaining or improving output quality. Unlike the first iterations of AI image generators, these multimodal models can edit as well as create new images. Yet, they all are poised to take the lead in generative AI advancements.