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How is Stability AI going to make money? What they provide is super cool and VCs are into it but at some point they need to start giving them returns. Is the pl

by bitL 3y ago

How is Stability AI going to make money? What they provide is super cool and VCs are into it but at some point they need to start giving them returns. Is the plan to get acquired?

nomagicbullet 3y ago
Some ideas: AI platform - They could charge a subscription fee for access to premium features on its open-source StableStudio platform. Consulting services - They could charge businesses for its AI and machine learning consulting services on a per-project basis or on a retainer basis. Acquisition - A larger company with more resources could acquire Stability AI to scale its operations and reach a wider audience.
- 10xDev 3y ago
  When even users are recommending a subscription service, that's when you know we have become brainwashed into thinking it's a healthy or required practice.
MacsHeadroom 3y ago
They're a B2B finetuning and fully managed model solution. Open Source is free marketing for them.
- make3 3y ago
  I wonder if they will merge with Huggingface
- choxi 3y ago
  That’s some expensive free marketing
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  - naillo 3y ago
    Stable diffusion cost only 1 million, that's like 5 marketing people for SF salaries. Not sure they'd achieve better results than SD got them.
    - ShamelessC 3y ago
      Citation needed? That seems incredibly low. Is it considering the cost of paying researchers?
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      - naillo 3y ago
        According to the man himself, Emad
  - MacsHeadroom 3y ago
    >That’s some expensive free marketing No, it's free. They need to make the models already in order to sell them as managed models. Giving them away costs nothing once they're made.
rm999 3y ago
Their business plan is to build custom models for clients/companies who want to own models built on their own data. No comment on the viability of such a business model. https://twitter.com/EMostaque/status/1649152422634221593 https://twitter.com/EMostaque/status/1649152422634221593
seydor 3y ago
they don't sell an API? i m sure they could bring a lot of customers to a computing provider
skybrian 3y ago
You can buy credits to generate images using DreamStudio. In theory, this seems more convenient than running software locally. But last I checked, their image quality wasn’t all that interesting compared to MidJourney, so I stopped using it. The Discord-based UI for MidJourney is clunky and unreliable, and waiting for images to generate is annoying. Image quality has improved quite a bit, but it’s no better at following instructions. So it seems like there’s an opening for a competitor, but the competition would need to actually be better.

by bitL 3y ago

How is Stability AI going to make money? What they provide is super cool and VCs are into it but at some point they need to start giving them returns. Is the plan to get acquired?

nomagicbullet 3y ago

Some ideas: AI platform - They could charge a subscription fee for access to premium features on its open-source StableStudio platform. Consulting services - They could charge businesses for its AI and machine learning consulting services on a per-project basis or on a retainer basis. Acquisition - A larger company with more resources could acquire Stability AI to scale its operations and reach a wider audience.

10xDev 3y ago
When even users are recommending a subscription service, that's when you know we have become brainwashed into thinking it's a healthy or required practice.

MacsHeadroom 3y ago

They're a B2B finetuning and fully managed model solution. Open Source is free marketing for them.

make3 3y ago
I wonder if they will merge with Huggingface
choxi 3y ago
That’s some expensive free marketing
- deleted 3y ago
  [deleted]
- naillo 3y ago
  Stable diffusion cost only 1 million, that's like 5 marketing people for SF salaries. Not sure they'd achieve better results than SD got them.
  - ShamelessC 3y ago
    Citation needed? That seems incredibly low. Is it considering the cost of paying researchers?
    - deleted 3y ago
      [deleted]
    - naillo 3y ago
      According to the man himself, Emad
- MacsHeadroom 3y ago
  >That’s some expensive free marketing No, it's free. They need to make the models already in order to sell them as managed models. Giving them away costs nothing once they're made.

rm999 3y ago

Their business plan is to build custom models for clients/companies who want to own models built on their own data. No comment on the viability of such a business model. https://twitter.com/EMostaque/status/1649152422634221593 https://twitter.com/EMostaque/status/1649152422634221593

seydor 3y ago

they don't sell an API? i m sure they could bring a lot of customers to a computing provider

skybrian 3y ago

You can buy credits to generate images using DreamStudio. In theory, this seems more convenient than running software locally. But last I checked, their image quality wasn’t all that interesting compared to MidJourney, so I stopped using it. The Discord-based UI for MidJourney is clunky and unreliable, and waiting for images to generate is annoying. Image quality has improved quite a bit, but it’s no better at following instructions. So it seems like there’s an opening for a competitor, but the competition would need to actually be better.