The problem
Companies want to own their models without relying on closed frontier labs
What they do
Compute, RL training and inference platform so companies can train their own AI agents
Traction >$100M annualized revenue; 6,000+ customers incl. Ramp and Zapier (Jul 2026)
Hiring trend
- Open roles
- 39
- Ops roles
- 2
- Headcount
- ~65
Headcount +140% YoY (40-50 at Jul 2026, LinkedIn); ~65 now (Harmonic)
Hiring in
- San Francisco
- New York
- Remote
Latest news
Oct 2026
Launched Prime Inference, public serving for open models (GLM-5.3 on OpenRouter) ↗Funding
- Last round
- $130M
- Stage
- Series A
- Date
- Jul 2026
Led by Radical Ventures
- Hiring+239 open roles on the live job board (30+ roles = +2)
- Funding recency+2Series A · $130M, Jul 2026 (3 months ago): 6 months or less = +1.5, $100M+ round +0.5
- Traction+1.5Strong growth: >$100M annualized revenue; 6,000+ customers incl. Ramp and Zapier (Jul 2026)
- 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
$100M+ annualized revenue across 6,000+ customers; growth depends on buying scarce GPUs.
Sources: Prime Intellect blog: $130M Series A (Jul 2026) ↗ · TBPN Digest: interview with CEO Vincent Weisser (Jul 2026) ↗
Last checked Oct 25, 2026