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@@ -57,21 +57,21 @@ hyperscaler systems and code (AWS, GCP, YouTube, etc.) remain closed source. The
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machinery surrounding it - systems, user behaviors, funnels, at-scale moneymakers - is totally closed.
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machinery surrounding it - systems, user behaviors, funnels, at-scale moneymakers - is totally closed.
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Practical answer: OSI licenses make it exceptionally challenging to grow big things commercially. And many of
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Practical answer: OSI licenses make it exceptionally challenging to grow big things commercially. And many of
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the licenses leave room for hyperscalers to reach in and cherrypick pieces for themselves that they can better
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the licenses leave room for hyperscalers to reach in and cherry-pick pieces for themselves that they can better
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commercialize than the original authors.
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commercialize than the original authors.
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Then there's completely open source software that doesn't even attempt to be a business.
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Then there's completely open source software that doesn't even attempt to be a business.
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We love software like Blender, but (1) we want/need jobs, (2) we want to build something at scale, and (3) this will
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We love software like Blender, but (1) developing ArtCraft is our full-time job, (2) we want to build something at scale
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eventually become much more capital intensive than just writing code. We one day want to train novel models that work
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that is much bigger than what you presently see, and (3) this will eventually become much more capital intensive than
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directly in conjunction with the user interface.
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just writing code - we want to train novel models that work directly in conjunction with the user interface.
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If and when we do get to scale, we intend to keep every bit of our work in the open. Available for use, inspection,
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If and when we do get to scale, we intend to keep every bit of our work in the open, including the models. Available
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learning, fitting onto consumer GPU hardware, and more.
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for use, inspection, learning, fitting onto consumer GPU hardware, and more.
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Not having a way to make money is unfortunately what killed Stability.ai. Stability.ai walked so that others could
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Not having a way to make money is unfortunately what killed Stability.ai. Stability.ai walked so that others could
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eventually run. (Black Forest Labs, et al.) We're not egotistical enough to count ourselves in that party yet, but we
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eventually run. (Black Forest Labs, et al.) We're not egotistical enough to count ourselves in that party yet, but we
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believe in the original Stability.ai ethos and that their model can work with a few tweaks.
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believe in the original Stability.ai ethos and that their model can work with a few tweaks.
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We want to build big and incredible tools the world hasn't seen before. We want to keep them free and entirely source
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We want to build big and incredible tools the world hasn't seen before. We want to keep them free and entirely source
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available. You don't have to pay us, but if you do, all of your investment goes right back into the engineering
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available. You don't have to pay us, but if you do, all of your investment goes right back into the engineering
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