How AI Inference Can Unlock The Next Generation Of SaaS

The next generation of inference platforms must evolve to address all three layers. The goal is not only to serve models ...
SiliconANGLE

FriendliAI raises $20M in funding to accelerate AI inference workloads

FriendliAI Corp., a startup that helps developers speed up their artificial intelligence models, has raised $20 million in funding. Capstone Partners led the seed extension round. FriendliAI ...
TMCnet

Quadric, Inference Engine for On-Device AI Chips, Raises $30M Series C as Design Wins Accelerate Across Edge LLMs, Automotive, and Enterprise

BURLINGAME, Calif., Jan. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Quadric ®, the inference engine that powers on-device AI chips, today ...
InfoWorld

Edge AI: The future of AI inference is smarter local compute

Smaller models, lightweight frameworks, specialized hardware, and other innovations are bringing AI out of the cloud and into ...
SDxCentral

Software startup tackling AI inference bottlenecks bags $20M

South Korean startup FriendliAI has raised $20 million in a seed extension round to support its efforts to accelerate AI inferencing. FriendliAI offers an inference platform designed to accelerate ...
CRN

AWS Trainium3 AI Is ‘The Best Inference Platform In The World,’ CEO Says

AWS CEO Matt Garman talks to CRN about its new Trainium3 AI accelerator chips being the ‘best inference platform in the world,’ AI openness being a market differentiator versus competitors, and ...
CIO

What you need to know — and do — about AI inferencing

Training gets the hype, but inferencing is where AI actually works — and the choices you make there can make or break ...
SDxCentral

Nvidia reportedly buying AI software firm to round out inference stack

Days after its recent licensing deal with AI chip firm Groq, Nvidia is reportedly acquiring Israel AI firm AI21 Labs for a deal in the $2 to $3 billion range. According to Calcalist, the chip ...
MarketWatch

AI Inference Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) Market worth $105.22 billion by 2030 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets(TM)

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Oct. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The global AI inference PaaS market is anticipated to be valued ...