FLUX Playground
3index_Black Forest LabsGermany
A browser sandbox for FLUX models from Germany's Black Forest Labs: image and video generation and editing without code or integration. A showcase for the same model line sold through the API.
Facts
- The operator is BFL GmbH, registered address Ingeborg-Krummer-Schroth-Straße 18, 79106 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany; commercial register - Munich district court, HRB 291820, VAT number DE419968449. Directors Robin Rombach, Andreas Blattmann and Axel Sauer are among the authors of latent diffusion and Stable Diffusion; labs in Freiburg and San Francisco, a team of about 70 people (bfl.ai/legal/imprint, bfl.ai/about, Aug 19, 2026).
- The sandbox launched on May 29, 2025 alongside FLUX.1 Kontext as an interface for testing models without technical integration (bfl.ai/blog/flux-1-kontext, May 29, 2025). As of Aug 19, 2026, sign-in requires an account (Google, GitHub, SSO, or email); on its login screen, the vendor lists Adobe, Microsoft, Mistral AI, Magnific, Picsart, Gamma, and OpenArt as customers.
- Model lineup as of Aug 19, 2026: FLUX 3, a multimodal model trained on images, video, and sound simultaneously (videos up to 20 seconds with generated sound, an action-prediction mode for robotics), in early access since Jul 23, 2026; plus FLUX.2 Max, FLUX.2, FLUX.2 Klein, and the FLUX Tools suite. Open weights and a commercial self-hosting license are available separately (bfl.ai, bfl.ai/licensing).
- A $300 million Series B at a $3.25 billion post-money valuation closed on Dec 1, 2025: co-led by Salesforce Ventures and Anjney Midha (AMP), with a16z, NVIDIA, Northzone, Creandum, Earlybird VC, General Catalyst, Temasek, Bain Capital Ventures, Canva, and Figma Ventures participating (bfl.ai/blog/our-300m-series-b). API pricing as of Aug 19, 2026 is per-second for FLUX 3 video: text-to-video $0.17/s in hd and $0.29/s in fhd, draft mode $0.06/s (docs.bfl.ai/quick_start/pricing).
The full card is in the works: the "worth it or not" verdict, pricing and a comparison with neighbors will appear as it moves through the card factory.