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December 7, 2023

Why Stability AI is launching a subscription fee

Stability AI will charge commercial customers for the use of its most advanced models, pivoting away from being fully open source


Tim Smith

6 min read

Last week, Stability AI’s CEO Emad Mostaque made a big announcement on X, stating that the generative AI company will be moving away from its former open source business model and putting its most advanced AI models behind a paywall for enterprise customers, via monthly subscription.

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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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