Stability AI just raised a $76M Series B backed by EA, Sony Music, Universal Music, and Warner Music, bringing total funding under CEO Prem Akkaraju to $232M. The round lands alongside Stable Audio 3.0, an open-weight music model trained entirely on licensed data. It signals a massive shift from fighting copyright lawsuits to building licensed creative workflows directly with entertainment titans.
Stability AI just launched beta tools for Stable Audio 3.0, including a native DAW plugin and an overhauled web studio. The macOS AU/VST3 plugin syncs directly to your session BPM in Logic Pro and Ableton Live to generate up to six minutes of audio, while the web app adds multi-track mixing. Outputs are commercially safe and user-owned.
Stability AI just launched Arbor, a 600MB control system that brings precise spatial constraints to 3D asset generation. Instead of rolling the dice with text prompts, creators can now use rough guide meshes to dictate exact volumes, empty clearances, and contact surfaces without retraining base models. It is fully open-sourced to work alongside Trellis.
Stability AI just released Stable Audio 3.0, a suite of music and audio models trained entirely on licensed data. Three versions are open-weight on Hugging Face, capable of composing full songs directly on portable devices. With up to six minutes of generation and commercial rights for sub-$1M creators, it puts studio-grade audio in your hands.
Stability AI just partnered with Warner Music Group to develop professional-grade generative tools trained exclusively on licensed music data. The two companies will work directly with artists and producers to integrate AI into creative workflows while safeguarding rights. Why it matters: Major music labels are shifting from courtroom battles to structured deals, setting a precedent for commercially safe creative AI.
Stability AI just launched Stable Audio 2.5, an enterprise-grade audio generation model capable of pumping out 3-minute tracks in under two seconds. Built on fully licensed datasets for commercial safety, it introduces audio inpainting and dynamic song structures to help brands craft customized sound identities at scale.
Stability AI and NVIDIA just rolled out a Stable Diffusion 3.5 NIM microservice to streamline enterprise image generation. Running TensorRT optimizations on H100 GPUs, it delivers a 1.8x speedup over standard PyTorch while packaging SD3.5 Large alongside Depth and Canny ControlNets in a single container.
Stability AI just launched Stability AI Solutions, a suite of custom generative AI workflows built specifically for enterprise creative and marketing teams. The rollout includes tools to turn single product shots into multi-scene visuals, enforce strict brand styling, and build custom digital twins with IP licensing. It supports on-premise and API deployment, complete with enterprise indemnification, and is already integrated into WPP Open.
NVIDIA and Stability AI just introduced TensorRT FP8 optimizations for Stable Diffusion 3.5, slashing Large model VRAM needs from over 18GB down to 11GB while boosting performance by up to 2.3x. Developers can also grab the new standalone TensorRT for RTX SDK with JIT compilation. This basically puts heavyweight image generation within reach for standard consumer RTX rigs.
Stability AI is in hot water as Getty Images takes it to London's High Court in the first major copyright trial of the generative AI era. Getty argues the startup brazenly scraped its photo library to train Stable Diffusion without paying a dime, while Stability claims the case threatens its business and the broader AI sector. Why it matters: This trial could reshape content licensing terms for every image generator on the market.
Stability AI just released Stable Video 4D 2.0, an upgraded diffusion model that turns a single object-centric video into dynamic 4D assets and novel views without multi-camera setups or reference images. Weights and code are available under its Community License on Hugging Face and GitHub.
Stability AI just teamed up with Arm to open-source Stable Audio Open Small, a 341M parameter text-to-audio model built to run on smartphone CPUs. Powered by Arm KleidiAI, it generates up to 11 seconds of stereo sound in under 8 seconds. Why it matters: generative audio is finally moving off the cloud and directly onto edge devices for real-time sound effects.
Stability AI just teamed up with AMD to release ONNX-optimized versions of Stable Diffusion 3.5 and SDXL, engineered specifically for Radeon GPUs and Ryzen AI APUs. The new builds run up to 3.8x faster than standard PyTorch models while keeping full image quality intact. It is a major local AI performance win for AMD hardware users, ready to drop into ONNX Runtime workflows or Amuse 3.0.
James Cameron just argued that AI might be essential to keep making visual spectacles like Dune and Avatar, pointing directly at Hollywood's soaring VFX budgets. Speaking on the Boz to the Future podcast, the director said production costs need to be cut in half, framing AI as a tool to double artists' workflow speed rather than replace human workers.
James Cameron just shared his vision for generative AI in Hollywood, arguing that VFX-heavy blockbusters must use AI to cut budgets in half by doubling production speed rather than firing crew. He also pushed back on training data debates, insisting regulators should judge whether final outputs plagiarize instead of policing what models learn from.
Robert Legato, the VFX innovator behind Titanic and Avatar, has joined Stability AI as chief pipeline architect. The move reunites him with board member James Cameron to bridge generative AI tools with visual effects pipelines. Legato says he wants to champion an artist-first approach that empowers filmmakers rather than replaces them.
Stability AI just scored a strategic investment and partnership with advertising titan WPP. The deal will plug Stability’s multimodal models for image, video, 3D, and audio directly into WPP’s AI operating system, WPP Open. Why it matters: It gives Stability a massive enterprise testing ground and validates its commercial push under new leadership.
Stability AI just teamed up with Arm to run its text-to-audio model, Stable Audio Open, directly on smartphone CPUs without an internet connection. Powered by Arm's KleidiAI libraries, generating an 11-second audio clip dropped from 240 seconds to under 8 seconds—a 30x speedup for on-device creators.
Stability AI and NVIDIA just rolled out SPAR3D at CES, turning single 2D images into detailed 3D objects in just 0.7 seconds. The architecture pairs a point diffusion model with a triplane transformer, letting creators edit point clouds and rebuild meshes in 0.3 seconds. Weights are open on Hugging Face for RTX AI PCs.
NVIDIA just unveiled its GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs at CES, doubling generative AI performance with FP4 support. The new quantization cuts model memory needs in half, allowing models like FLUX.1 to run locally on under 10GB of VRAM in just five seconds. The flagship RTX 5090 launches January 30.
