According to TechCrunch, AI inference startup Baseten is close to securing one point five billion dollars in new funding, valuing the company at thirteen billion dollars. The funding round marks the latest sign of surging investor appetite for AI inference infrastructure—the software that powers language models and other AI systems after they're trained. The timing is notable: Baseten closed this round just months after its previous mega-round, suggesting the speed at which capital is flowing into the space.

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