AI Launch Profile

Introducing Stable Diffusion 3.5

Stability AI released Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large and Large Turbo as open model weights, followed by Stable Diffusion 3.5 Medium.

Company
Stability AI
Launch date
October 22, 2024
Launch type
Open-Source Release
Category
AI Image Tools, AI Open-Weight Models
Audience
AI Artists, Creators, Developers, Startups
Pricing
Weights are available under the Stability AI Community License, with API and enterprise licensing options.
Free plan
yes
API
yes
Open source/open weight
yes

Verification & Sources

Status
Verified
Source links
3
Freshness
Verified June 8, 2026
Last verified
June 8, 2026
Last updated
June 7, 2026

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Kingy Scores

Launch Score
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Demo Quality
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YouTube Potential
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Kingy AI Take

A core open-weight image model record because it affects builders who want more control than closed image APIs allow.

Who it is for

Image creators, app builders, researchers, and teams that want customizable image models with downloadable weights.

What feels promising

Open weights, Hugging Face distribution, and consumer-hardware-oriented variants make the release broadly usable.

What feels unproven

The license terms and quality tradeoffs need to be checked carefully for commercial deployment.

Traction notes

Stable Diffusion 3.5 addressed creator and developer demand for a stronger, more customizable open image model family.