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Serverless AI infrastructure platform
modal.com- Headquarters
- New York City, United States
- Company type
- Private company
- Number of employees
- 125–200
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Latest news about Modal
In short: Modal secured $87 million in Series B funding, achieved unicorn status, and expanded its AI infrastructure through several strategic acquisitions.
Company announcements
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AE Studio builds RL theorem-proving workflow on Modal
They use GPUs for proof generation, CPU sandboxes for Lean verification, and volumes for model caching. ES matches GRPO performance with lower costs and faster setup.
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Modal serves as official sandbox provider for OpenAI Agents SDK
They built an ML research agent inspired by Andrej Karpathy that spins up GPU sandboxes, runs subagents, persists memory, and snapshots state.
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Modal announces Butter acquisition
Butter founder Erik Dunteman and researcher Raymond Tana join Modal Sandbox team. Their expertise enhances Modal Sandboxes with agent engineering and bVisor technology.
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Modal releases RTX 6000 Pro Blackwell GPU
Introduces Command K dashboard feature, Sandbox FS API beta, SDK updates including CLI logs and deployment strategies. Highlights customer examples and upcoming events.
Media coverage
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Microsoft Launches 3 New AI Models in a Direct Challenge to OpenAI and Google
Image: DepositPhotos Your daily Teams transcripts and Copilot voice chats just became Microsoft’s pr...
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Exclusive: AI inference startup Modal Labs in talks to raise at $2.5B valuation, sources say
Modal Labs, a startup specializing in AI inference infrastructure, is in the process of raising a...
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Modal Labs raises $80M to simplify cloud AI infrastructure with programmable building blocks
Cloud computing startup Modal Labs Inc. has raised $80 million in Series B funding and achieved "unicorn" status as it strives to become the infrastructure...
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Modal Labs Raises Another $16M to be the Infrastructure Backbone of AI by Allowing Companies to Develop and Deploy in Seconds
The backbone of any AI project comes down to the hardware, software, and networking components that allow engineers and data teams to develop, deploy, and...
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