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| Story | What it does there | When | Cost stated | Grade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NightCafe | First text-to-image model on the site; the founder rented hundreds of GPUs to scale it. open-source text-to-image model | since 2021 | B | TechCrunch, 31 August 2024: Before Midjourney, there was NightCafe, and it's still kicking |
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