Inference · Company
Baseten is an AI inference infrastructure company focused on helping teams deploy and run machine learning models in production with predictable performance, reliability, and cost. Its core product positioning is an “inference platform” that combines an orchestration/control layer with a workload plane that can be deployed in customers’ own VPCs (self-hosted), as a managed service (Baseten Cloud), or in combinations (hybrid).
Baseten also provides higher-level product surfaces for the inference lifecycle, including production-ready “Model APIs” and “Training” infrastructure, plus model- and workflow-oriented capabilities such as model management and “chains” for multi-step/compound systems. Baseten’s go-to-market is developer-to-enterprise: teams integrate via APIs or SDK/CLIs to deploy custom or open-source models, and Baseten emphasizes mission-critical requirements like autoscaling, observability, and operational consistency across environments. Strategically, Baseten has rapidly scaled capital and expanded its product surface area from inference-only deployments into a broader inference lifecycle (API + training), and has also expanded its technology footprint via the acquihire of Inferless to strengthen serverless/production deployment capabilities for modern AI apps.
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| Baseten on Hugging Face Inference ProvidersThe text indicates that Baseten is available on or associated with Hugging Face Inference Providers, but provides no further details. | Updated | |
| Kimi K3 and Kimi K3 Fast with ZDR and US-based providers now on AI GatewayVercel AI Gateway now offers Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 and Kimi K3 Fast through US-based providers including Baseten and Fireworks. The integration supports Zero Data Retention, US-region inference, multi-provider routing an… | Updated | |
| Open-source ecosystem partners provide day-0 support across VLLM and SGLangA post thanks Together Compute, Fireworks AI, Databricks, Unsloth AI, Modal, Baseten, LightSeekOrg, and Inferact for day-0 support across the open-source ecosystem, including VLLM and SGLang. | Updated | |
| Baseten reportedly raising $1 billion at an $11 billion valuationInference provider Baseten is reportedly raising $1 billion at an $11 billion valuation, more than double its valuation from three months ago. The post says the company’s annual recurring revenue grew from $200 million t… |
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| Announcing Baseten’s $1.5B Series FBaseten announced a $1.5B Series F led/co-led by Altimeter, Conviction, Spark, Sands Capital, and Wellington Management, with participation from additional named investors. |
| Welcoming Gabe Stern!Baseten announced the addition of Gabe Stern as General Counsel. |
| Baseten acquires Inferless (acquihire) to accelerate inference infrastructureBaseten announced that the Inferless team is joining Baseten to accelerate innovation in inference infrastructure after Inferless launched to address serverless deployment bottlenecks. |
| Announcing Baseten’s $75M Series CBaseten announced its $75M Series C, co-led by IVP and Spark, with continued participation from multiple prior investors and new investors mentioned (including individuals described as part of 01a). |