Cerebrium
cerebrium.ai
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AI Compute & Inference
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$8.5M
1 round on record
Latest round
$8.5M
Seed · Jul 2025 · 15 mo ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Backers
1
Y Combinator
The money's age
Due for its next round
15 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
0/100
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The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jul 8, 2025
Raised a round Seed $8.5M
Jun 26, 2024
Launched on Hacker News Show HN: Voice bots with 500ms response times
Jan 2022
Went through Y Combinator
2021
Founded
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Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | Jul 2025 | $8.5M | — | engineeringnews.co.za |
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News
Reducing GPU Cold Starts with Memory Snapshots: Restoring CUDA Workloads in Seconds
Cerebrium is a serverless AI infrastructure platform for real-time, high-performance applications. Deploy globally, reduce latency, scale instantly, and maintain data sovereignty with region-aware infrastructure.
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Our Highly Available Globally Distributed AI Router
If you haven't noticed, GPUs are scarce right now. The global boom in inference has demand growing faster than supply can keep up, and at Cerebrium ...
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Rethinking Container Image Distribution for Cold Starts
Why 10GB+ ML container images cause GPU cold starts, and how rethinking image distribution eliminates pull-and-unpack time for real-time AI like voice agents.
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Why Serverless Compute Partners Matter More Than Ever
As AI models improve weekly, the challenge shifts from better models to running them at scale. See why a serverless GPU compute partner beats traditional infra.
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Multiverse Computing and Cerebrium Bring Compressed AI to the Cloud, Creating a Blueprint for Economically Sustainable AI at Scale
New partnership leverages Multiverse's quantum-inspired AI compression technology with Cerebrium's serverless scaling infrastructure to deliver 12x faster inference and 90% smaller AI models, reducing
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How To Migrate From OpenAI to Cerebrium for Cost-Predictable AI Inference - Ritza Articles
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Cerebrium raises $8,5m to scale serverless AI platform
Cerebrium, a serverless AI infrastructure platform founded in Cape Town, has announced an $8,5-million seed round, led by Gradient, Google's AI venture fund, with participation from Y Combinator, Authentic Ventures, and several strategic angel investors a
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Read the exclusive pitch deck AI infrastructure startup Cerebrium used to nab $8.5 million from Gradient Ventures
Led by South African entrepreneur Michael Louis, AI infrastructure startup Cerebrium has raised $8.5 million from Gradient Ventures and others.
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Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
New York
United States
HQ
10-50 est. staff
Financials
Total raised
$8.5M
Latest round
Seed
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | 2025 | $8.5M | Details |