Announcing our $11.8M Series Seed

Inference.net has secured $11.8 million in Series Seed funding, led by Multicoin Capital and a16z CSX, with contributions from Topology Ventures, Founders, Inc., and a group of angel investors, to further its mission of enabling companies to train and deploy custom AI models that surpass general-purpose alternatives at significantly lower costs. The company addresses the challenges faced by businesses relying on expensive general AI models from providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, which include high costs, loss of control over business infrastructure, and lack of differentiation. By creating specialized models tailored to specific, repeatable tasks, Inference.net's solutions offer superior performance, reduced latency, and up to 90% cost savings, while allowing companies to maintain control over their AI infrastructure and data privacy. This advancement transforms the economics of AI usage at scale, providing a competitive edge through proprietary models optimized for unique workflows. The funding will support Inference.net in expanding its research and development activities to enhance model and infrastructure performance, catering to more companies and paving the way for a shift from dependence on frontier labs to owning custom AI solutions.

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