Taskaya: Flux grew Fal's revenue from $2M to $20M in two months
Batuhan Taskaya · A Technical History of Generative Media · Sep 8, 2025 · at 6:09
Batuhan Taskaya, co-founder of Fal.ai, details the rapid revenue surge Fal experienced following the launch of Black Forest Labs' Flux models.
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“In the first month of flux models, we reached from, like, two million to ten million in revenue. That was, like, a big jump. Next month, we were at 20, like, it just started going from there”
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