first vllm raised $150m earlier this week. now baseten with $300m.
the efficient inference category is red hot and no signs of slowing down anytime soon
We’re thrilled to announce that we have raised $300M at a $5B valuation. The round is led by IVP and CapitalG, both doubling down on their investment in Baseten, and joined by 01A, Altimeter, Battery Ventures, BOND, BoxGroup, Blackbird Ventures, Conviction, Greylock, and NVIDIA.
Read more here: https://t.co/cQi1re3vaW
💿 Open Source Release 💿
mdspan-cute: a zero-overhead bridge between C++23 std::mdspan and CUTLASS cute layouts.
One header. Swizzled memory. No bank conflicts.
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💿 Open Source Release 💿
nix2gpu: reproducible GPU containers that run anywhere. No Docker. No vendor lock-in. One command to deploy
Same nix flake = same binary = same results.
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1/Yesterday we announced nix2gpu -
a NixOS package for portable GPU containers.
Portable containers prevent vendor inference lock-in.
Here's why it's a big deal. #Nix#AIInfra
if anyone can help me out with an arXiv cs.LG endorsement I would very much appreciate it.
happy to send the paper we're planning to publish prior to endorsement if that is helpful. referrals or tips also welcome
@shreyanshsjains@KandaBhaji_x hey would you be able to do me a quick favor and endorse me for https://t.co/9JGbt69obI. i would really appreciate it:
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OpenAI’s multibillion-dollar partnership with Cerebras makes total sense. Sam made the right call.
Cerebras chips are insanely fast at inference, sometimes 20x Nvidia GPUs, similar to Groq.
My biggest issue with ChatGPT and GPT-5.2 Thinking/Pro is latency. Cerebras software stack is nowhere near CUDA, but for accelerating a small set of GPT models, it’s absolutely worth it, especially to win more users against Google Gemini.
Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if Sam paid $20B to acquire them.
* Mega AI labs subsidize it
* AI startups bleed margins to it
* Indie hackers & vibe coders can't afford it
❗ Inference costs are a problem❗
But don't worry. We're making inference so cheap that everyone can ship sustainable, world-class AI products. 🚀⚡
Excited to start open sourcing some of the cool tools and infra we are using in our AI stack.
Starting with nimi. For any nix fans this one is certainly worth checking out.
💿 Open Source Release 💿
nimi: a tiny process manager that takes NixOS 25.11's modular services spec and runs it anywhere you need.
One Service Definition to Rule Them All.
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1/ Yesterday we released Nimi: a Rust process manager that runs the same service definition everywhere.
NixOS, home-manager, containers, dev shells. One config. Zero rewrites.
Today let’s dive deeper into how it works 🧵