人工智能推理初创公司Baseten即将以高达300亿美元的估值筹集约20亿美元资金，这一估值是其6月时价格的两倍多。丽贝卡·托伦斯（Rebecca Torrence）和贝利·利普舒尔茨（Bailey Lipschultz）周五为彭博社报道了本轮融资，并援引知情人士的话。
Baseten, the AI inference startup, is set to raise about $2bn at a valuation of up to $30bn, more than double its price in June. Rebecca Torrence and Bailey Lipschultz reported the round for Bloomberg on Friday, citing people familiar with the plans.
据彭博社消息人士透露，本轮融资将分两批进行。其中一批对Baseten的估值为26亿美元，另一批为300亿美元。现有投资者桑兹资本（Sands Capital）将领投。TNW尚未独立核实该报道。
The round will come in two tranches, according to Bloomberg’s sources. One values Baseten at $26bn and the other at $30bn. Sands Capital, an existing investor, is set to lead. TNW has not independently verified the report.
从6月的130亿美元上升 Baseten销售的软件允许公司在生产环境中运行人工智能模型，这一步骤被称为推理。该公司于6月22日宣布了F轮融资，这是一笔由Altimeter资本、Conviction Partners和Spark Capital领投的15亿美元融资。桑兹资本参与领投了该轮融资。据彭博社报道，该轮融资对Baseten的估值为130亿美元。Baseten当时表示，其收入在一内增长了20倍。
Up from $13bn in June Baseten sells software that lets companies run AI models in production, a step known as inference. It announced its Series F on 22 June, a $1.5bn round led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners and Spark Capital. Sands Capital co-led that round. It valued Baseten at $13bn, according to Bloomberg. Baseten said at the time that its revenue had grown 20 times in a year.
Baseten成立于2019年。本周，该公司发布了joey-1，这是一种开源决策模型，其定价为每百万代币一美分。
Baseten was founded in 2019. This week it released joey-1, an open decision model that it prices at a penny per million tokens.
拥挤的推理市场 投资者正在向推理领域投入巨资，即在训练完成后运行人工智能模型的业务。被彭博社称为Baseten最接近的竞争对手的Fireworks AI在7月以175亿美元的估值筹集了15亿美元。
A crowded inference market Investors are putting large sums into inference, the work of running AI models once training is done. Fireworks AI, which Bloomberg calls Baseten’s closest competitor, raised $1.5bn at a $17.5bn valuation in July.
在分批融资中，投资者以两种不同的价格买入同一家公司的股份。彭博社在10月22日报道称，风险投资公司一直在利用这种结构来推高人工智能初创公司的估值。
In a tranched round, investors buy into the same company at two different prices. Venture firms have been using the structure to push up AI startup valuations, Bloomberg reported on 22 October.