Announcing the acquihire of Inferless by Baseten

Inferless, a company launched in 2022 to address serverless deployment bottlenecks for AI applications, is joining forces with Baseten to enhance their capabilities in supporting developers with mission-critical AI applications. Originally focused on creating a serverless GPU inference platform, Inferless tackled challenges such as reliable model deployment and effective scaling, particularly addressing the complex issue of cold starts in inference infrastructure. Recognizing the need for more comprehensive tooling to capture enterprise-level inference solutions, Inferless found alignment with Baseten's mission, which has concentrated on solving difficult infrastructure problems for AI systems. This merger aims to combine expertise to improve the Baseten Inference Stack, leveraging the rapid advancements in AI models and infrastructure to power scalable, reliable, and high-performance machine learning inference systems. As the AI infrastructure landscape continues to evolve, the teams look forward to making significant impacts for developers and customers in the sector.