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Baseten

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Baseten runs an inference cloud that hosts, scales and optimises open-weight and custom AI models for production workloads.

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bull 58%bear 33%neu 9%

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latest high-conviction thesis
Baseten raises $1.5B Series F for inference cloud across 20 clouds/90 regions, plans to go down stack to compute▾

Inference is the COGS of AI with indefinite demand growth; Baseten rents heterogeneous compute from 20 clouds across 90 regions, builds software primitives (RL, routing, eval sandboxes), and will vertically integrate into compute infrastructure to unlock scale.

unknownT2TBPN2026-07-02
confidence 78 / 100impact High
key themes
  • AI Infrastructure86%
  • Open Source AI86%
  • AI Economics & Business Models86%
  • Enterprise AI Adoption71%
  • Semiconductors71%

bull thesis · 7

70 / 100
  • •Saam Motamedi: Baseten backed in 2019, now serving leading AI application companies as infrastructure layer
  • •Harvey collaborates with Baseten on KB compaction and post-training infrastructure
  • •Baker: Baseten inference cloud contributing to open-source token demand acceleration

bear thesis · 4

47 / 100
  • •Baseten criticized for low capital efficiency vs Fireworks AI
  • •Murdock criticizes Baseten for prioritizing revenue over earnings in inference contracts
  • •Baseten lacks profits, faces risk from debt-driven growth

mentions · 12

20VCThe AI Bubble WILL Burst: Half the Neoclouds WILL Die | Jerry Murdock4 mentions · 0▲ 4▼ 0○ · last month
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Sequoia CapitalBuilding Frontier AI at the Application Layer: Harvey's Playbook | Gabe Pereyra1 mentions · 1▲ 0▼ 0○ · 2 months ago
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Invest Like The BestWhy the Markets Are Pricing AI Wrong | Gavin Baker2 mentions · 2▲ 0▼ 0○ · 2 months ago
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SemiAnalysisEp. 020 - Anthropic vs OpenAI Usage, Margins, Meta Compute, Future of MSL (Tokenomics)1 mentions · 0▲ 0▼ 1○ · 2 months ago
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Peter H. DiamandisChina's Kimi K3 Triggers an AI Sputnik Moment, 2.8 Trillion Parameters Go Open Source | Ep. 2722 mentions · 2▲ 0▼ 0○ · 2 months ago
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Bloomberg TechChina's Moonshot, Netflix's Slump & Greylock's $1.5B Bet | Bloomberg Tech 7/17/20261 mentions · 1▲ 0▼ 0○ · 2 months ago
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TBPNFable Unbanned, Lab Nationalization, End of Paper-Based Retirement, SpaceX Phone1 mentions · 1▲ 0▼ 0○ · 3 months ago
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