Research area
Voice and video AI labs
Generative voice, image and video labs with a research-first posture. We track 4 labs in this area, which have raised $1.51B in disclosed rounds between them; the most valuable is Luma AI, at $4B.
4labs
$1.51Bdisclosed raised
$7.25Breported valuations
| Lab | Topic | Location | Founders from | Founded | Last round | Valuation | Raised | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luma AIMultimodal world models for video (Dream Machine, Ray); a 2GW supercluster with HUMAIN.site · x · in | Voice, video & media | Palo Alto, US | ex-Apple, ex-UC Berkeley | 2021 | Series C $900MNov 19, 2025 · HUMAIN | $4B | $900M | Product |
| Black Forest LabsFLUX image and video models from the Stable Diffusion authors; ~$96M ARR by Aug 2025.site · x | Voice, video & media | Freiburg, DE | ex-Stability AI | 2024 | Series B $300MDec 1, 2025 · Salesforce Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz | $3.25B | $450M | Product |
| CartesiaReal-time on-device multimodal AI on state-space models; the Sonic voice models are integr…site · in | Voice, video & media | San Francisco, US | ex-Stanford, ex-CMU | 2023 | Series B $100MOct 28, 2025 · Kleiner Perkins | · | $164M | API |
| KyutaiOpen-science voice models (Moshi); a nonprofit lab funded by Xavier Niel and Rodolphe Saad…site | Voice, video & media | Paris, FR | ex-Google DeepMind, ex-Meta | 2023 | · | · | · | Open model |
News
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Oct 2, 2026
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Sep 24, 2026
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- MarkTechPost Black Forest Labs Releases FLUX 3 Action: A 7B Open-Weights World Action Model That Tops …
- AI Weekly Black Forest Labs Open-Weights FLUX 3 Action, a 7B Robotics Model
- Sep 9, 2026
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Sep 9, 2026
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- Law Commentary Carl Sagan Rights Holder Sues Luma AI Over ‘Cosmos’ Voice Clip in Ad
- CairoScene Luma AI to Launch Fully Arabic Interface for Creative Platform
- Sep 9, 2026
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Aug 13, 2026
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- Business Wire Luma and Dumbstruck Launch Creative Intelligence, the Missing Decision Layer for Advertis…
- Aug 1, 2026
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Jul 23, 2026
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- VentureBeat Black Forest Labs launches FLUX 3 capable of generating images and 20-second video with a…
- GlobeNewswire Black Forest Labs Unveils FLUX 3, A New Multimodal Frontier Model For Visual Intelligence
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Jun 1, 2026
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