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AI Inference Startup Fireworks AI Is Valued at $4 Billion in Funding Round

Fireworks AI, a startup that helps developers access advanced artificial intelligence chips and use AI models, on Tuesday said it had raised $254 million in its latest funding round. The Series C ...
VentureBeat

Securing AI at scale: Databricks and Noma close the inference vulnerability gap

CISOs know precisely where their AI nightmare unfolds fastest. It's inference, the vulnerable stage where live models meet real-world data, leaving enterprises exposed to prompt injection, data leaks, ...
Seeking Alpha

The AI Inference Economy - What Is Edge AI, Exactly?

Edge AI is the physical nexus with the real world. It runs in real time, often on tight power and size budgets. Connectivity becomes increasingly important as we start to see more autonomous systems ...

CES 2026: Nvidia Expands From Chips Into Full AI Platforms

At CES 2026, Jensen Huang said Nvidia is scaling full AI systems as reasoning, agents, and physical AI drive exploding ...
SiliconANGLE

AI inference chip startup Groq nabs $750M at $6.9B valuation

Groq Inc., a developer of artificial intelligence inference chips, today announced that it has raised $750 million in new funding. Databricks Inc. backer Disruptive led the round. It was joined by ...
Business Wire

Baseten Secures $150M Series D as the Premier Inference Platform for AI’s App Layer

Valuation nearly triples to $2.15B six months after a $75M Series C, fueled by unprecedented demand for high-performance inference from hypergrowth AI companies and products. SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS ...
insideHPC

Crusoe Launches Managed Inference AI

SAN FRANCISCO – Nov 20, 2025 – Crusoe, a vertically integrated AI infrastructure provider, today announced the general availability of Crusoe Managed Inference, a service designed to run model ...
SDxCentral

Nvidia reportedly buying AI software firm to round out inference stack

Days after its recent licensing deal with AI chip firm Groq, Nvidia is reportedly acquiring Israel AI firm AI21 Labs for a ...
SiliconANGLE

OpenRouter nabs $40M in funding for its AI inference API

OpenRouter Inc., a startup working to ease the development of artificial intelligence applications, today announced that it has secured $40 million in funding. The company raised the capital over two ...
Reuters

Fortytwo Introduces ‘Swarm Inference’: A New AI Architecture That Outperforms Frontier Models on Key Benchmarks

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, October 31, 2025 (EZ Newswire) -- Fortytwo, opens new tab research lab today announced benchmarking results for its new AI architecture, known as Swarm Inference. Across key AI ...
Business Wire

Substrate closes $8M round to build API to accelerate AI deployment

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Substrate Labs, an AI infrastructure startup founded by a team from Stripe, Pulumi, and Robust Intelligence, announced an $8M seed round to deliver elegant APIs that enable ...
Forbes

The Inference Difference: Why Clunky Data Engineering Unhinges AI

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I track enterprise software application development & data management. AI has a shiny front end. As everyone who’s used an ...