Emad Mostaque
Founder of Stability AI (former)
Founded Stability AI 2020; hedge fund manager; Oxford
About Emad
Emad Mostaque founded Stability AI in 2020, the company that released Stable Diffusion in August 2022 — the first major open-weights image generation model. Departed Stability in 2024 amid funding and governance turbulence. Foundational figure in the open-weights movement nonetheless.