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Startup · United States

Modal

HQ New YorkFounded 202151-200 employeesUpdated

From single-GPU fine-tuning to multi-node runs, Modal handles capacity and cluster management.

Website

Funding3 rounds

Equity raised
Undisclosed
Latest
UndisclosedSeries A · Apr 2, 2024
  • Series A
    Speculative
    Undisclosed
    Apr 2, 2024
  • Series A
    Speculative
    Undisclosed
    Oct 10, 2023
  • Seed
    Speculative
    Undisclosed
    Feb 4, 2022

Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.

Systems4

  • ModalCloud software platform for deploying AI workloads.
  • Modal ClustersMulti‑node GPU clusters with RDMA that are gang‑scheduled from Modal’s shared capacity pool.
  • Modal SandboxesIsolated compute environments for AI-agent workloads.
  • VM SandboxesSandbox environments that provide full‑computer capabilities for AI agents.

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Sources8

Profile3

  1. 1

    Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · kind

    “{"group": "startups", "id": "e91ccd13-9b48-4cc6-aa78-12cecaa785f1", "name": "Modal"}”
  2. 2

    techcrunch.com · Supports Organization · founded year

    “Modal was co-founded by CEO Erik Bernhardsson in 2021”
  3. 3

    Octen Business Search · Supports Organization · country, Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url

    “country: US (profile: New York City, New York 10038, US)”

Systems4

  1. 4

    Modal · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website, System

    “From single-GPU fine-tuning to multi-node runs, Modal handles capacity and cluster management.”
  2. 5

    Modal · Supports System

    “Our Sandbox product was also built on gVisor, which has served us well. But earlier this year, we watched as [Ramp built an internal agent to drive](https://modal.com/blog/how-ramp-built-a-full-context-background-coding-agent-on-modal) the entire software development lifecycle on Modal Sandboxes and it became obvious where agents were headed.”
  3. 6

    Modal · Supports System

    “Every layer of Modal’s platform is engineered to give you the tools to build robust, scalable applications.”
  4. 7

    Modal · Supports System

    “VM Sandboxes: Full computers for agents** \ VM Sandboxes are built for those who need to give their agents the power of a full computer”

Funding1

  1. 8

    nasdaqprivatemarket.com · Supports Funding round, Organization · ownership

    “Series A | Oct 10, 2023 | 16M”

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