Sources: Black Forest Labs, whose Flux.1 mannequin powers Grok's picture generator, is elevating $100M at a $1B valuation; Black Forest raised a $31M seed (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

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Sources: Black Forest Labs, whose Flux.1 mannequin powers Grok’s picture generator, is elevating $100M at a $1B valuation; Black Forest raised a $31M seed  —  Whereas OpenAI pursues one more monster fundraise, it’s not stealing all of the oxygen within the room: AI startups constructing promising foundational fashions …