Supercharge Generative AI Serving
Cut costs with the fastest serving engine on the market
Cut costs with the fastest serving engine on the market
Location: United States
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $26.7M
Founded date: 2021
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 04.09.2025 | Seed | $20M | Sierra Ven... |
| 14.12.2021 | Series A | $6.7M | - |
Mentions in press and media 18
| Date | Title | Description |
| 12.05.2026 | FriendliAI Expands to San Francisco to Scale Frontier AI Inference for Open-Weight and Custom Models | - |
| 05.09.2025 | FriendliAI Secures $20 Million to Propel AI Inference Revolution | FriendliAI closed a $20 million seed extension round. This funding fuels its leading AI inference platform. The company offers unmatched GPU cost savings and the fastest Large Language Model (LLM) inference. It tackles critical challenges: ... |
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| 29.08.2025 | FriendliAI Closes $20M Seed Extension Funding | FriendliAI, a Redwood City, CA-based AI inference platform company, closed a $20m seed extension funding. The round was led by Capstone Partners, with participation from new investors from Sierra Ventures, Alumni Ventures, KDB, and follow-o... |
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| 15.07.2025 | LG Unveils Korea's First Open-weight Hybrid AI, 'EXAONE 4.0' | Proving Superior Performance in Benchmarks Against Leading Open-Weight Models from the US, China, and France. SEOUL, South Korea, July 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On July 15, the LG AI Research unveiled EXAONE 4.0, the first open-weight hybrid... |
| 15.07.2025 | LG AI Research and FriendliAI Announce Strategic Partnership to Launch EXAONE 4.0 for Public Access | EXAONE 4.0 Now Available to Developers and Enterprises Worldwide via FriendliAI’s High-Performance Serverless API REDWOOD CITY, CA, UNITED STATES, July 15, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- LG AI Research and FriendliAI today announced a strategic... |
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