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Stability AI licenses its generative AI models under a free Community License below USD 1 million of annual revenue and a negotiated Enterprise licence above it, and sells hosted access through prepaid Platform API credits and subscriptions under one set of Terms of Service and an Acceptable Use Policy.

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Overview articleStability AI licensingStability AI licenses its generative AI models under a free Community License below USD 1 million of annual revenue and a negotiated Enterprise licence above it, and sells hosted access through prepaid Platform API credits and subscriptions under one set of Terms of Service and an Acceptable Use Policy.Cited · Edited 2026-10-13 · 17 references

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Stability AI Community and Enterprise licenceCited · Edited 2026-10-13Stability AI Platform API and creditsCited · Edited 2026-10-13Stability AI Brand Studio and Stable Audio licensingCited · Edited 2026-10-13Stability AI Terms of Service and Acceptable Use PolicyCited · Edited 2026-10-13

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From the Stability AI catalog: how usage is counted, the rules that apply, the programs licences are bought through and the SKUs. Backed by 45 verbatim excerpts from 30 Stability AI documents.

Products

All 4 Products

Generative AI Software 3

Brand Studio, Stability AI Core Models, Stable Audio

API Platforms 1

Stability AI Platform API

Product History

All acquisitions
  1. Stability AI acquired Init MLAnnounced 2023-03-07 · Closed 2023-03-07

    Stability AI announced that it had acquired Init ML, the Paris-based maker of the Clipdrop imaging tool, in its first acquisition. Stability AI divested Init ML to Jasper in February 2024.

    Legacy productBecame
    ClipdropKept Clipdrop · Init ML to operate as a wholly-owned independent subsidiary
    Licensing impact
    • Stability AI said Init ML would operate as a wholly-owned, independent subsidiary with all employees remaining, and that it would integrate its upcoming generative models into Clipdrop.[1]
    Sources and full product history

Litigation

All cases
  1. Andersen v. Stability AIUnited States District Court for the Northern District of California (San Francisco Division) · 2026
    Pending
    Lessons learned
    • A claim that a trained model embeds compressed copies of its training images was allowed to proceed past the pleading stage, so the legal character of model weights is not settled.
    • Distributing a model for free under an open licence did not by itself defeat a claim of induced infringement at the pleading stage.
    • Claims that rest on the platform terms of a third party (DeviantArt) failed where the terms did not restrict the conduct complained of.
  2. Getty Images v. Stability AIHigh Court of Justice of England and Wales, Business and Property Courts, Intellectual Property List (Chancery Division) · 2025
    Judgment
    Lessons learned
    • An AI model that does not store or reproduce the works it was trained on was held not to be an infringing copy under the UK secondary infringement provisions.
    • Where training took place outside the UK, a UK copyright claim about training could not be pursued, and the claimants abandoned it.
    • Whether a licensee holds an exclusive licence depends on the wording of each agreement, and sample agreements in the case came out differently.
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