Position in SVTR
Snapshot 2026-11-04- Startup SignalsTop 1%↑1
- Training & Inference Stack#2of 28–
- Inference#3of 64–
- Inference Runtime#2of 12–
About
Fireworks AI, founded in 2022 in Redwood City, California, USA, offers an open API enabling developers to build applications with generative AI capabilities, enhancing its inference platform with the latest models, advanced customization, and improved production readiness.
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Timeline
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Capital graph
Company· 12
Investor· 10
Founders / team· 3
Funding history
- 2026-07-16Series D$1.5B
Investors · Menlo Ventures, TCV, Lightspeed, Bessemer Venture Partners, Atreides Management, Evantic, 20VC, Index Ventures, NVIDIASource · businesswire.com ↗
- 2025-10Series C$250M
Investors · Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Evantic, LightspeedSource · SVTR Weekly #129 ↗
- 2024-07Series B$52M
Investors · AMD Ventures, MongoDB Ventures, NVIDIA, Sequoia CapitalSource · SVTR Weekly #061 ↗
- 2024-03Series A$25M
Investors · Benchmark, Snowflake Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Databricks VenturesSource · SVTR Weekly #046 ↗
Comparable companies· by market
This company
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Fireworks AI
Helps developers and enterprises customize and run open-source AI models on their own data
Series D+ · $1.8B · 2026-07
$1.8B
United States
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Baseten
Provides AI model deployment infrastructure
Series D+ · $2.1B · 2026-06 · Valuation $13B
$2.1BValuation $13B - Inference.net
Unified inference infrastructure for AI-native teams covering deployment, observability, training and evaluation of open-source and custom models
— - Autoloops
Low-latency real-time inference for open-source LLMs for voice agent developers (serverless API + on-demand GPU clusters)…
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China
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Qingcheng.AI
AI compute system software: Chitu LLM inference engine and BaGuaLu training acceleration system, adapted to Chinese AI chips including Ascend, Hygon…
Series A · 2026-10
— - SiliconFlow
AI inference infrastructure and open, independent token supply platform
Series B · 2026-06
— - DeepKernel
Sovereign AI infrastructure: trusted execution and confidential computing so enterprises using large models keep control of data…
Seed · 2026-09
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Europe
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- SLNG
Voice AI execution-layer platform for developers and enterprises building voice agents: unified multi-model access, regional compliance routing…
$4M
$4M - NetMind.AI
Unified multi-model API and distributed GPU compute services (training/inference), plus AI agent and enterprise automation products
$700K
$700K - Sherpa AI
Federated learning platform that lets enterprises and governments jointly train and run AI without exposing sensitive data.
2026-07
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Other / unspecified
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- FuriosaAI
Develops the RNGD data center inference accelerator card and the WARBOY vision NPU for enterprises running large model inference
Series D+ · $745M · 2026-10 · Valuation $2.9B
$745MValuation $2.9B - Rebellions
Designs the AI inference chip Rebel100 along with companion servers and full racks, for telecom operators and data centers to run agent inference
Pre-IPO · $898M · 2026-03 · Valuation $2.3B
$898MValuation $2.3B - Tenstorrent
Develops processors and software that enhance AI and machine learning capabilities
Series D+ · $2.3B · 2026-10 · Valuation $6.2B
$2.3BValuation $6.2B
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Investors that may fit
Spark Capital
6 Training & Inference Stack deals in the last 24 months · 3 at a nearby stage · 6 in Silicon Valley
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3 Training & Inference Stack deals in the last 24 months · 1 at a nearby stage · 3 in Silicon Valley
Request intro →Conviction
3 Training & Inference Stack deals in the last 24 months · 2 at a nearby stage · 3 in Silicon Valley
Request intro →Greylock Partners
3 Training & Inference Stack deals in the last 24 months · 2 at a nearby stage · 3 in Silicon Valley
Request intro →IVP
3 Training & Inference Stack deals in the last 24 months · 2 at a nearby stage · 3 in Silicon Valley
Request intro →BOND
2 Training & Inference Stack deals in the last 24 months · 2 at a nearby stage · 2 in Silicon Valley
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