Highlights
AI Infrastructure Startup Pipeshift Secures $2.5 Million in Seed Round Funding
Pipeshift, an innovative AI infrastructure startup, has successfully secured $2.5 million in a seed funding round led by Y Combinator and SenseAI Ventures. This funding round also included contributions from notable investors such as Arka Venture Labs, Good News Ventures, Nivesha Ventures, Astir VC, GradCapital, and MyAsiaVC.
Prominent Silicon Valley angel investors participated in this funding round, including:
- Kulveer Taggar, CEO of Zuess
- Umur Cubukcu, CEO of Ubicloud and former Head of PostgreSQL at Azure
- Krishna Mehra, former Head of Engineering at Meta and co-founder of Capillary Technologies
Introduction of Next-Generation Platform-as-a-Service
Pipeshift is set to unveil a next-generation Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) designed for engineering teams, empowering them to orchestrate AI workloads seamlessly across any infrastructure—whether cloud-based or on-premises—while providing exceptional speed and control.
Addressing Enterprise Needs with Flexibility
In contrast to current market players that function merely as GPU brokers offering generic solutions, Pipeshift specifically caters to enterprise demands for greater control and flexibility in infrastructure. The platform delivers a comprehensive MLOps stack that allows enterprises to:
- Train
- Deploy
- Scale open-source GenAI models, including LLMs, vision models, audio models, and image models
All operations can be conducted across any cloud or on-premises GPUs.
Building Partnerships for Success
With collaborations involving over 30 companies, including NetApp, Pipeshift strives to become the preferred partner for organisations aiming to realise the potential of AI while ensuring they maintain control over their infrastructure and data.