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The Next Web · Europe · Baseten raises $1.5bn at $13bn valuation as AI inference demand hits 1 billion daily calls
Notes Australian VC Blackbird's participation as a rare instance of a non-US fund co-investing in a deep-infrastructure AI round at this scale, reflecting how inference infrastructure has become a global asset class. Points out Baseten's 87-cluster multi-cloud footprint as unusual for a startup at this stage.
“Australian VC Blackbird joined Baseten's $1.5B round, a signal that AI inference infrastructure is now a global venture asset class.”