Featherless AI

Today we're announcing our $20 M Series A, co-led by @AMDVentures and @AirbusVentures, with @BMWiVentures, @Kickstartph, @PanacheVC, and @Wavemaker_VC. We're building the neutral layer for open models — so the future doesn't run on a few labs, a few chips, or a few clouds. THE FUTURE CAN’T BE BLOCKED. Any Model. Anywhere. Anyone. Yours.

Featherless has closed a $20M Series A, co-led by AMD Ventures and @AirbusVentures, to scale its position as a neutral inference layer for open models — independent of hyperscalers, chipmakers, and proprietary ecosystems. As AI adoption accelerates, inference is becoming a key control point in the stack. Featherless is leaning into this shift by expanding its model library, building an open foundation for next-generation AI applications, lowering inference costs, and scaling enterprise deployments, making it significantly easier for developers to operationalize and scale with open models. Already the fastest-growing inference partner in the Hugging Face ecosystem, Featherless supports over 30,000 open models — a strong signal of where the market is heading. Congratulations @picocreator, Wesley George, and the @FeatherlessAI team! Full story here: featherless.ai/blog/series-a @christine_tsai @TonyW @vishalharnal @atxfrench @leoclee @khailee @AriefJohan

Our infra spans the EU and US. Our team spans three continents. We're unaligned with any hyperscaler, any chipmaker, any proprietary ecosystem. If you're building with open models — run it on Featherless. If you want to help build the open AI infrastructure layer — we're hiring. featherless.ai/openworld

What this round funds: → Expanding the open model library → Shipping the open-source agent runtime → Deepening optimization across hardware (full AMD/ROCm) → Scaling enterprise deployments with regional sovereignty

Today we're announcing our $20 M Series A, co-led by @AMDVentures and @AirbusVentures, with @BMWiVentures, @Kickstartph, @PanacheVC, and @Wavemaker_VC. We're building the neutral layer for open models — so the future doesn't run on a few labs, a few chips, or a few clouds. THE FUTURE CAN’T BE BLOCKED. Any Model. Anywhere. Anyone. Yours.

Big things are coming tomorrow.

Everyone’s still arguing about bigger models. They’re solving the wrong problem. At Beyond Summit 2026, @FeatherlessAI's Eugene Cheah made a different case: the bottleneck isn’t capability; it’s reliability. And until models cross that threshold, none of the benchmarks matter. Read more about his talk in our latest blog, or check out our YouTube for the full session Read the blog: na2.hubs.ly/H059fTz0 Watch the session: na2.hubs.ly/H059fP70

We're excited to back the builders at Agentic Economy on @arc. 🪶 We're partnering with @lablabai to provide access to over 30,000+ open-source models during the hackathon for all participants. Plus extra credits for the winners of our challenge! Can't wait to see what you all ship!

You rang?

@IamWelma @bitcoinplebdev 🫡

@bitcoinplebdev My stack is Hermes + @FeatherlessAI. It beats Anthropic subscriptions on sustained work and long-term intelligence. Claude edges pure code generation, but Hermes’ built-in Claude Code skill closes the gap. This is top tier AI with perfect economy.

I cancelled Anthropic subscriptions

@HarishKotra @shafu0x @agentcashdev @tavilyai 👀

@shafu0x @agentcashdev Done! You should've received an email from my agent! An app that turns API specs into machine-first storefronts, routes tasks across multiple providers (@agentcashdev, @tavilyai, BrightData, @FeatherlessAI ), runs outreach campaigns, and sends proof-of-work emails from the agent

only way to apply is to use @agentcashdev to send me what you built at shafu@merit.systems if you can't figure it out you are not a good fit

@amandaholly DM us!

Hey @FeatherlessAI I signed up for your service, but none of the models I wanted to try are available. What gives? I wanted to try Maverick and a few abliterated high parameter models. Really bummed 🙁

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@theo We're working on that exact problem @featherlessai right now btw

We got a fresh new look!

By popular demand, Nanbeige4.1-3B is now available on Featherless. 👇 featherless.ai/models/Nanbeig…