Modular is the developer of AI software development platform designed to rebuild AI infrastructure for everyone. The company builds an AI developer platform focused on usability, velocity, and flexibility that unifies popular AI framework front-ends via common interfaces and enhances access and portability to a wide range of hardware backends and cloud environments, providing AI developers with tools that can be easily adopted into existing workflows without rearchitecting or rewriting their code and help in realizing improved productivity and performance improvements at a lower cost.
The company was founded in 2022 by Chris Lattner and Tim Davis, former Google colleagues with deep expertise in compilation and AI systems. With $130M in funding from top investors, Modular is well-positioned to realize its vision of democratizing AI development. The founders believe their unified stack will empower more enterprises to unlock AI's potential by making it more affordable, sustainable, and accessible.
Joining Modular's quickly growing team presents an opportunity to shape the future of AI infrastructure at a pivotal growth stage. However, driving widespread adoption of their Mojo programming language in a Python-dominated landscape and navigating the complexities of unifying different systems are challenges for Modular's long-term success.
2022
Founded
100-250
Employees
Series B
Stage
$600M
Latest Valuation
$100-200M
Total Funding
Aug 24 2023
Last Fundraise
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Founders
Christopher Lattner
- President, Engineering and Product at SiFive; Senior Director at Google for TensorFlow Infrastructure; VP, Autopilot Software at Tesla.
Tim Davis
- Founder at FLUC, raised $4M+, achieved 1100% growth. Co-Founder at Miles & Company Services. Founder at Crowdsend, scaled to 25M+ products.
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