# Stability AI

**Source:** https://geo.sig.ai/brands/stability-ai  
**Vertical:** AI & Machine Learning  
**Subcategory:** Generative AI & Creative Tools  
**Tier:** Challenger  
**Website:** stability.ai  
**Last Updated:** 2026-04-14

## Summary

Open-source generative AI company behind Stable Diffusion. Image, video, audio, 3D models. Founded 2019, London. Raised $200M+. ~$50M revenue (2024). EA partnership. Private.

## Company Overview

Stability AI is a generative AI company founded in 2019 by Emad Mostaque and Cyrus Hodes, headquartered in London. Rose to prominence with Stable Diffusion (August 2022), an open-weights text-to-image model. Raised over $200 million total. Under new CEO Prem Akkaraju (after Mostaque's departure), the company eliminated debt and achieved triple-digit revenue growth.

Product portfolio spans Stable Diffusion 3.5 (image), Stable Video Diffusion/SV4D 2.0 (video/4D assets), Stable Audio Open (audio, optimized with Arm for mobile), and 3D generation. Available through open-source releases and commercial API.

In February 2026, Stability secured a multi-year EA partnership. Won UK High Court case vs Getty Images (November 2025). ~$50M revenue (2024) with ~186 employees. No current IPO plans but renewed investor confidence under new leadership.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### What is Stability AI?
London-based generative AI company creating open-source and commercial models for image, video, audio, and 3D content. Created Stable Diffusion.

### Is Stability AI publicly traded?
No, privately held with $200M+ in funding. No announced IPO plans.

### What products does Stability AI offer?
Stable Diffusion 3.5 (image), Stable Video Diffusion (video), Stable Audio Open (audio), and 3D generation models.

### What happened with Stability AI's leadership?
Founder Emad Mostaque departed in 2024. New CEO Prem Akkaraju stabilized the business, eliminated debt, and secured the EA partnership.

### What is Stability AI's revenue?
~$50M in 2024 with ~186 employees. Triple-digit revenue growth under new leadership.

### Can businesses use Stable Diffusion commercially?
Stable Diffusion models are available under open licenses permitting commercial use, but specific terms vary by model version. Stable Diffusion 3.5 is released under the Stability AI Community License — free for companies with under $1 million in annual revenue, and requiring a paid enterprise license for larger organizations. The Stability AI API provides a managed commercial option with standard terms of service.

### What is Stability AI's relationship with gaming company EA?
Stability AI signed a partnership with Electronic Arts in 2024–2025 under new CEO Prem Akkaraju, one of the first major gaming studio deals for generative AI asset creation. The partnership focuses on using Stability's image and 3D generation models to accelerate game asset production pipelines, representing a new revenue stream as gaming studios explore AI content creation tools.

### How has Stability AI's open-source strategy evolved?
Under founder Emad Mostaque, Stability AI pursued aggressive open-source releases to maximize community adoption. After his departure in 2024, new leadership shifted toward a more commercial-friendly hybrid approach — maintaining open releases for research use while offering proprietary enterprise APIs, fine-tuning services, and the Stable Assistant product for paying customers.

## Tags

ai-powered, saas, b2b

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*Data from geo.sig.ai Brand Intelligence Database. Updated 2026-04-14.*