United States

Wafer

Wafer is an AI inference optimization company that provides a platform to host and run open-source large language models (LLMs). Its core technology uses autonomous agents to optimize inference across the entire software and hardware stack, aiming to deliver the fastest and most cost-effective open model hosting. The company offers subscription-based (Wafer Pass) and pay-as-you-go (Serverless) plans, hosting popular models like Qwen, GLM, and DeepSeek. It has raised a $4M seed round led by investors including Fifty Years, Y Combinator, and Liquid2.