Fal完成13亿美元F轮融资,估值达160亿美元
Fal完成13亿美元F轮融资,由Bessemer Venture Partners领投,Nvidia、Sound Ventures、HOF Capital和T. Rowe Price参投。这家AI推理初创公司的估值达到160亿美元,是4月时的两倍。

Fal完成13亿美元F轮融资,由Bessemer Venture Partners领投,Nvidia、Sound Ventures、HOF Capital和T. Rowe Price参投。这家总部位于旧金山的公司同时公布了4月已完成的一轮3.5亿美元E轮融资,由Sequoia Capital领投。两轮合计16.5亿美元。
据彭博社报道,F轮将Fal的估值定在160亿美元,是4月80亿美元估值的两倍。彭博社称,这大约相当于Fal今年早些时候年化营收8亿美元的20倍。Fal为娱乐、广告、电商、游戏和营销领域的企业托管并运行AI视频、图像和音频模型。
推理需求
TechCrunch报道,此轮融资正值推理需求飙升之际。推理指运行已训练好的AI模型以生成输出,需求尤其来自依赖开源模型的客户。Baseten、Fireworks AI和Modal等竞争对手也在快速扩张,并以更高估值完成大额融资。据TechCrunch援引知情人士对推理公司财务情况的说法,由于购买或租用算力成本高昂,它们的毛利率依然很薄。
Fal由Burkay Gür和Görkem Yurtseven于2021年创立。TechCrunch报道,Gür曾在Coinbase担任机器学习负责人,并曾在Oracle任工程师;Yurtseven此前是Amazon的开发者。2026年期间,Fal专注于通过后训练技术提升生成式媒体模型的质量和速度。公司还在继续开发自有模型,同时提供合作伙伴的模型,其平台让企业可以把生成式AI接入现有的生产和创意流程。
据tech.eu报道,随着生成式媒体被更广泛采用,企业需要能够支撑内容生成、同时保持模型性能和效率的计算基础设施。Fal开发面向生成式媒体的基础设施,让企业能够大规模运行图像、视频和音频模型。
资金用途
Fal表示,新资金将用于扩展推理基础设施和团队,并支持生成式媒体技术的进一步开发。公司计划投入研究,并在2027年之前探索AI内容创作的新方法。
这笔资金让Fal在推理需求上升时有钱增加算力和人员。与竞争对手一样,它的毛利率取决于购买或租用算力的成本,TechCrunch报道称这是各家推理服务商共同面临的制约。竞争对手也在以更高估值筹集大额资金,因此Fal面临持续投入的压力。公司表示,本轮融资将支持这项工作。
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