Antseed Raises $2.4M From Spark Capital to Build an Open Market for AI Inference
Gartner expects worldwide spending on AI-optimised cloud infrastructure to grow 96% to $42.3 billion in 2026 while for the first time more of that money will go on running models than on training them. Antseed, an open peer-to-peer market for AI inference, has launched into that shift with a $2.4 million token round for the nonprofit Antseed Foundation led by Spark Capital, the firm that was an early investor in Anthropic. Collider, DCG, North Island Ventures, Reciprocal Ventures, Relay Capital and Venice.ai joined the round, which backs a simple proposition that developers should be able to buy model calls from whichever independent provider offers the best mix of price, speed and privacy.
Inference Is Becoming the Largest Line in the AI Budget
Gartner's August forecast puts AI-optimised infrastructure-as-a-service at $21.5 billion in 2025, $42.3 billion in 2026 and $66.1 billion in 2027, with inference taking $23.3 billion or 55%...
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