Inference was founded by Sam Hogan Heutmaker, Ibrahim Ahmed and Amarjot Singh and builds technology to distill large, frontier AI models into much smaller, task-specific models through a process called distillation. The company’s product produces models that customers own outright, intended to reduce inference costs compared with using frontier providers. Inference positions its offering as a way for businesses to avoid ongoing dependence on and pricing changes from a handful of frontier AI labs. The team’s mission is to "power the world's inference," and the recent $11.8M Seed aims to scale that effort. Articles emphasize the cost savings and ownership benefits for enterprises but do not disclose revenue or user metrics.

Total raised

$12M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Jul 2026