{"id":734209,"date":"2026-06-19T01:40:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T22:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ai-inference-startup-baseten-reportedly-raising-1-5b-months-after-its-last-mega-round\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T01:40:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T22:40:25","slug":"ai-inference-startup-baseten-reportedly-raising-1-5b-months-after-its-last-mega-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ai-inference-startup-baseten-reportedly-raising-1-5b-months-after-its-last-mega-round\/","title":{"rendered":"AI inference startup Baseten reportedly raising $1.5B months after its last mega-round"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AI inference company Baseten is close to finalizing a stunning $1.5 billion funding round at a $13 billion valuation, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/ai\/the-13-billion-ai-startup-betting-on-cheaper-alternatives-to-openai-anthropic-b9679603?mod=tech_lead_pos1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">the Wall Street Journal reports<\/a>. Just five months ago, the startup announced that it had raised a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseten.co\/blog\/announcing-baseten-s-300m-series-e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">$300 million Series E<\/a> at a $5 billion valuation. And that round was just nine months after raising a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseten.co\/blog\/announcing-baseten-150m-series-d\/\">$150 million Series D.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If finalized, this latest round would represent a 160% increase in valuation in less than half a year. However, the WSJ reports that this is a split-priced round, a tactic startups are using to boost their headline valuation and make lead investors look good on paper. Some investors in this latest funding round are reportedly coming in at a $13 billion valuation, while others at $11 billion, sources told the Journal. This deal is said to be co-led by Spark Capital, Sands Capital, Altimeter Capital, and Wellington Management.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Launched in 2019, Baseten is a startup benefiting from what The Next Wave hailed the \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/baseten-1-5bn-round-13bn-valuation-ai-inference\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">inference gold rush<\/a>,\u201d in which VCs are pouring enormous amounts of money into companies building the inference layer. Inference is what the model does after a user submits a prompt. Baseten promises to handle inference quickly while controlling costs by routing requests to the best-for-task model, especially to competent, less-expensive open source alternatives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Just five months ago, the startup announced that it had raised a $300 million Series E at a $5 billion valuation. 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