Featherless
Serverless hosting for open-source AI models
About
Featherless.ai, co-founded in Singapore and Canada, provides a serverless inference platform that hosts open-source AI models optimized for running on affordable hardware. Founded around 2024, Featherless.ai raised a $5M seed round in March 2025 to optimize AI model deployment and secured a $20M Series A co-led by AMD Ventures and Airbus Ventures in 2026. The company aims to scale global infrastructure and launch a marketplace for specialized AI models, targeting developers and enterprises seeking scalable, cost-efficient AI hosting solutions on a serverless platform. Their business model focuses on enabling seamless deployment and monetization of open-source AI models worldwide.
Products
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Featherless API
— Single API key for instant, reliable access to thousands of open-source AI models with low latency and predictable pricing.
Customer sectors: developers, AI researchers, startups
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DeepSeek
— Advanced reasoning, coding, and multilingual chat model for complex agentic task execution.
Customer sectors: enterprise AI, software engineers, multilingual services
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Kimi-K2
— Multimodal mixture-of-experts model designed for vision, code, and agent tasks.
Customer sectors: AI researchers, developers, tech labs
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GLM 4.6
— Large-scale model specializing in coding, reasoning, and agentic capabilities.
Customer sectors: software engineering, AI development, enterprise AI
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OpenClaw
— Launch AI agents in one click with seamless integration and open-source foundations.
Customer sectors: AI practitioners, researchers, developers
Market research & competitive positioning
Source-backed TAM / SAM / SOM sizing, displacement analysis, and an interactive peer positioning map for Featherless — available to members.
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