Fal oo qiimaheeda labanlaabtay, gaartay $16 bilyan kadib maalgelin cusub
Shirkadda fadhigeedu yahay San Francisco waxay heshay $1.3 bilyan, iyadoo wareegii hore uu Sequoia hoggaaminayay
Shirkadda Fal ee fadhigeedu yahay San Francisco, oo martigelisa oo maamusha moodooyinka AI ee muuqaalada, sawirrada iyo codka, ayaa heshay $1.3 bilyan maalgelin cusub, sida ay qortay Bloomberg. Heshiiskani wuxuu qiimaha shirkadda ka dhigayaa $16 bilyan, taasoo labanlaab ka ah $8 bilyan oo qiimaheedu ahaa bishii April.
Maalgashiga iyo hoggaaminta wareegyada
Wareeggan maalgashiga waxaa hoggaamiyay Bessemer Venture Partners, waxaana ka qaybgalay Nvidia, Sound Ventures iyo T. Rowe Price. Fal waxay isku mar ku dhawaaqday wareegyadeeda Series E iyo Series F, iyadoo sheegtay in labadooda lagu ururiyay $1.65 bilyan. Wareeggii hore ee Series E waxaa hoggaaminayay Sequoia.
Baahida adeegga inference iyo dakhliga
Wareegga ugu dambeeyay ee Series F wuxuu yimid iyadoo baahida adeegga inference uu aad u kordhay, gaar ahaan macaamiisha ku tiirsan moodooyinka open source. Sida Bloomberg sheegtay, Fal waxay horraantii sanadkan ka gudubtay $800 milyan oo dakhli sanadle ah.
Tartanka suuqa iyo aasaasayaasha
Shirkadaha kale ee bixiya adeegga inference, sida Baseten, Fireworks AI iyo Modal, ayaa iyaguna si degdeg ah u koraya oo maalgashiyo waaweyn ku ururinaya qiimo sare. Sida lataliyayaal dhowr ah oo ku warhayay xisaabaadka shirkadaha inference sheegeen, faa'iidada guud ee shirkadahan ayaa weli hooseysa sababtoo ah kharashka sare ee iibsiga ama kireysiga compute. Fal waxaa 2021 isla aasaasay Burkay Gur, oo hore u ahaan jiray hoggaamiyaha machine learning ee Coinbase iyo injineer Oracle, iyo Gorkem Yurtseven, oo hore u ahaan jiray horumariye Amazon.
The San Francisco startup announced its Series E and F rounds together, reporting a combined $1.65 billion raised.
Fal, a San Francisco-based startup that hosts and runs AI video, image and audio models, has raised $1.3 billion in a round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, valuing the company at $16 billion, double its $8 billion valuation in April, according to Bloomberg.
Funding Round and Backers
The latest round, the Series F, drew participation from Nvidia, Sound Ventures and T. Rowe Price. Fal announced its Series E and F rounds at the same time, noting that a combined $1.65 billion was raised across both. Sequoia led the earlier round, the Series E.
Revenue and Inference Demand
The Series F comes amid soaring demand for inference services, the process of running an already-trained AI model to generate outputs, particularly from customers relying on open source models. Fal surpassed $800 million in annualized revenue earlier this year, according to Bloomberg's report.
Competitive Field and Founders
Other inference providers, including Baseten, Fireworks AI and Modal, have also been growing rapidly and raising large funding rounds at higher valuations. Their gross margins remain thin because of the high cost of buying or leasing compute, according to several people familiar with inference companies' financials. Fal was co-founded in 2021 by Burkay Gur, a former Coinbase machine learning leader and Oracle engineer, and Gorkem Yurtseven, previously a developer at Amazon.
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