Baseten
Worth-Joining Index · Scorecard
v2.1 ALPHA · 2026-08Career Score
—/100
Coverage
51%
Verified
17%
Stage cohort
Early
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Latest valuation
$2.15B-money (Series D, 2025-09)
Total raised
$285M+ total raised (as of 2025-09 Series D)
Traction · Key numbers
Funding
Total raised
$285M+ total raised (as of 2025-09 Series D)
Rounds
3
Valuation pace
10 months from $2.15B
$1.5B
New round (reported) · 2026-06 · valuation $2.15B post-money (Series D, 2025-09) · led by BOND
Per TechCrunch, reported roughly 5 months after the prior round; a split-priced round
$300M
Series E · 2026-01 · valuation $5B post
About 5 months after the Series D
$150M
Series D · 2025-09 · valuation $2.15B post · led by BOND
With: CapitalG, Premji, Conviction, IVP, Spark Capital, Greylock · Brought total funding to over $285M
▸A ~10-month jump from $2.15B to a reported $13B valuation is far steeper than typical infrastructure company curves — the market is pricing the winner of the 'inference hosting' race, not just Baseten's own trailing metrics
▸The lead investor shift from BOND to Spark/Sands/Altimeter/Wellington signals later-stage crossover and public-market-adjacent capital stepping in, meaning the pricing game is now more about exit liquidity expectations
▸Some investors reportedly marked the round at $11B rather than $13B, showing the pricing isn't a unanimous consensus number internally
Founders
Tuhin Srivastava CEO
Co-founder and CEO; former ML engineer, USC electrical engineering background
Amir Haghighat CTO
Co-founder and CTO
Phil Howes Chief Scientist
Co-founder and Chief Scientist
Pankaj Gupta Co-Founder
Co-founder
Reality · Working here
Signals & Risks
Editorial ✎
Good fit for
· Engineers who enjoy deep systems work (inference serving, GPU scheduling, model deployment) — the problems here are real scaling challenges, not a thin API wrapper
· People who want to be close to the AI infrastructure frontline — customers like Writer and Abridge are themselves sprinting, so the pace here will be fast
· Those who can handle being priced as a 'winner' already — the valuation curve leaves little room for a growth slowdown
Not for
· Anyone who needs a stable, predictable pace — a 6x valuation jump in 10 months means intense internal pressure and external scrutiny
· Anyone who needs a clear answer on 'moat' — Together AI, Fireworks, and Modal are all fighting for the same customers, with differentiation resting mainly on performance and account relationships rather than structural lock-in
Ask in the interview
1. If the inference-hosting price war continues (Together, Fireworks, and Modal are all pricing aggressively), what protects Baseten's margins?
2. What ARR/growth expectation does the reported $13B valuation actually imply, and how is that explained internally to employees?
3. How exposed is revenue if a core customer like Writer or Abridge slows down or switches providers?
Data changelog
Community corrections → editorial review → applied, fully on the record
data as of 2025-09 · Source: Baseten press release via Yahoo Finance ↗
data as of 2025-09 · Source: Baseten press release via Yahoo Finance ↗
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