Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Heidelberg University
Axel SauerCo-founder · Black Forest LabsResearcher↗AB
Researcher · Founder
Andreas Blattmann
Black Forest LabsCo-founder
Blattmann helped create the technology behind Stable Diffusion, making high-quality image generation possible with much less computing power. He also pioneered systems that generate video, helping extend generative AI from still images to moving scenes.
Career & education
Current roleBlack Forest LabsAug 2024-presentCo-founder
Black Forest LabsAug 2024-presentPreviously
Stability AI2023-2024Research Scientist
Stability AI2023-2024Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
Citation Trend
Total citations to scholarly work, including research papers, technical reports, books and theses, as recorded by Google Scholar. Each point is a dated snapshot.
citations62,582As of Oct 19, '26
citations+9,138Since last snapshot, Jun 15, '26
Selected contributions
High-Resolution Image Synthesis with Latent Diffusion Models
Made diffusion image generation more efficient by working with compressed image representations.
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