Baseten's Bold Vision: Becoming the AWS of AI Inference with $150 Million Investment

Baseten's Bold Vision: Becoming the AWS of AI Inference with $150 Million Investment

The AI Gold Rush: Infrastructure is Key In the burgeoning landscape of artificial intelligence, a new kind of "gold rush" is underway. While much attention is often focused on the groundbreaking AI models themselves, the true enablers of this revolution are the companies building the foundational infrastructure. Baseten, with its recent impressive funding round of $150 million, is positioning itself to be a crucial player in this space, aiming to become the "AWS of AI inference." This substantial investment underscores the growing recognition that for AI to truly integrate into every facet of business and daily life, robust, scalable, and reliable inference infrastructure is paramount. The Imperative of an AI-First World Tuhin Srivastava, Co-founder and CEO of Baseten, eloquently articulated this vision during a PYMNTS Monday Conversation: "Every organization in the world is either going to become AI-first or AI-enabled." He emphasized that in this rapidly e…