# Krea ships its first in-house foundation image model

By Steven Van · 2026-05-12

Krea 2 is open source and rolling out now to Max and Business plan users, with more access codes coming through the week.

[Krea](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/tools/krea-ai>) has released Krea 2, its first foundation image model built entirely in-house rather than on top of an existing model. The company says it was designed for aesthetic diversity and stylistic control: vague prompts are meant to return a range of different ideas rather than variations on one concept, and outputs generate in 15 seconds or less.

- A redesigned style transfer system extracts the stylistic components of a reference image and can combine up to four style references at once.

- Moodboards let users share a collection of images so the model can pick up on broader themes and motifs that a single reference can't convey.

- The model is also open source, with the code and technical writeup available on GitHub and Hugging Face.

Krea 2 is rolling out to **Max** and **Business** plan users starting today, with more access codes going out through the week. Full details are in the [announcement](<https://www.krea.ai/krea-2>).

[![](<https://s.krea.ai/KreaOpenGraph2.webp>)](<https://www.krea.ai/krea-2>)

![Krea](<https://www.krea.ai/favicon/favicon-192.png>)

Krea

AI creative suite for generating, editing, and enhancing images, videos, and 3D assets.

[View Krea →](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/tools/krea-ai>)

Sources

[Original source](<https://www.krea.ai/krea-2>)

[Read Krea ships its first in-house foundation image model on Creators Toolbox](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/krea-krea-2-their-first-foundation-model>)

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