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[[File:Stability AI motto.png|thumb|Figure 1: Stability AI motto from their official website. Source: Stability AI]]
Founded in 2020 by Emad Mostaque, [[Stability AI]] is a [[Organizations|community-driven]] [[company]] in the field of [[artificial intelligence]] ([[AI]]). Its mission is "to build [[open source projects|open-source AI projects]] through collaborative research efforts between leaders and experts in their fields; these include researchers, engineers, developers, PhD candidates, and [[AI artists]] across multiple disciplines." <ref name="”1”">Stability AI. Press. Stability AI. https://stability.ai/press</ref> The company is building AI tools through an [[open source models|open-source model]] attempting to democratize AI. <ref name="”2”">Stability AI. FAQ. Stability AI. https://stability.ai/faq</ref> This attitude of openness is expressed in their motto, "AI by the people, for the people" (figure 1). <ref name="”3”">Dilmegani, C (2022). Stability AI: Does open-sourcing democratize generative AI? AIMultiple. https://research.aimultiple.com/stability-ai/</ref>

Stability AI trains its AI systems in a cluster of more than 4,000 Nvidia A100 GPUs running in AWS. According to Business Insider, maintaining this system is costly, with the company's operations and cloud costs exceeding $50 million. The company's CEO has stated that R&D will lead to a more efficient model training in the future. <ref name="”6”">Wiggers, K (2022). Stability AI, the startup behind Stable Diffusion, raises $101M. TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/17/stability-ai-the-startup-behind-stable-diffusion-raises-101m/?guccounter=1</ref>

In 2022, [[Stable Diffusion]] was released. This AI-assisted [[image generation models|image generator model]] had a great impact due to its open-source nature and low computing requirements. <ref name="”4”">Vallance, C (2022). "Art is dead Dude" - the rise of the AI artists stirs debate. BBC. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-62788725</ref> <ref name="”7”">Stability AI. Stable Diffusion launch announcement. Stability AI. https://stability.ai/blog/stable-diffusion-announcement</ref>

The company has its main offices in Notting Hill, London, UK, with a team distributed around the globe. <ref name="”2”"></ref>