The problem
AI product teams need fast, reliable, affordable model serving without building GPU infrastructure themselves
What they do
Inference and post-training platform for serving open and custom AI models in production
Traction Revenue up 20x and inference volume 40x in a year; ~$600M ARR reported (est.)
Hiring trend
- Open roles
- 106
- Ops roles
- 5
- Headcount
- ~450
Headcount ~450, +249% YoY (LinkedIn est.); 108 open roles; plans to triple staff in 2026
Hiring in
- San Francisco
- New York
- Toronto
- Remote
Latest news
Sep 2026
Joined OpenAI's B2B Marketplace to serve open models inside Codex and Responses API ↗Glassdoor
5.0 ★ 2 reviews ↗Funding
- Last round
- $1.5B
- Stage
- Series F
- Date
- Jun 2026
Led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction, Spark Capital (co-leads Sands Capital, Wellington)
- Hiring+2106 open roles on the live job board (30+ roles = +2)
- Funding recency+2Series F · $1.5B, Jun 2026 (4 months ago): 6 months or less = +1.5, $100M+ round +0.5
- Traction+1.5Strong growth: Revenue up 20x and inference volume 40x in a year; ~$600M ARR reported (est.)
- Red flags0None found in the last 24 months
- Total5.52 + 2 + 1.5 − 0 = 5.5 → Sprint (4.75 or more)
Distance (Half) is a separate read on how long the lead can last. It doesn't change the score.
Distance
Half · edge: cheaper at size
A leading inference platform: revenue up 20x in a year, ~$600M ARR (est.); hyperscalers compete.
Sources: Baseten blog: Series F (Jun 2026) ↗ · AgentSciX: Baseten gross margin undisclosed (Jul 2026) ↗
Last checked Oct 25, 2026