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Wafer:四个月做到 800 万美元 ARR,完成 4000 万美元 A 轮
Wafer 构建快速 AI 推理云,利用代理优化 GPU 并以行业领先速度运行开源模型,实现开源的低成本与更小模型的延迟。推出四个月后,ARR 从零增至 800 万美元,并完成 4000 万美元 A 轮融资。联合创始人在访谈中分享从大学项目到创业的经历,以及如何让 GLM 5.2 运行速度比市场其他产品快 2-3 倍,并解释速度而非成本推动企业采用开源模型的原因。
AI推荐理由 Wafer 的快速增长和性能优化案例展示了 AI 推理基础设施的潜力,对 AI 从业者了解市场趋势和开源模型部署有参考价值。
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Wafer ([@wafer\_ai](https://x.com/wafer_ai)) 正在构建一个快速的 AI 推理云,使用代理优化 GPU 并以行业领先的速度运行开源模型。结果是开源的低成本与更小模型的延迟。
云服务推出四个月后,他们从零增长到 800 万美元的年经常性收入,并刚刚筹集了 4000 万美元的 A 轮融资。
在本期 Founder Firesides 中,YC 的 [@snowmaker](https://x.com/snowmaker) 与 Wafer 联合创始人 [@gpusteve](https://x.com/gpusteve) 和 [@gpuemi](https://x.com/gpuemi) 坐下来讨论如何从芝加哥大学本科生转变为在一年多内建立增长最快的 AI 基础设施公司之一。他们分享了大学副业项目如何成为 Wafer,如何让 GLM 5.2 运行速度比市场上其他任何人都快 2-3 倍,以及为什么速度(不仅仅是成本)推动企业转向开源模型。
00:48 — Wafer 做什么
01:35 — 四个月内从 0 到 800 万美元 ARR
04:21 — 扩展速度超过他们能跟上的速度
09:14 — AI 如何让 AI 更快
11:21 — 改变一切的转折点
14:41 — 为什么开源模型正在起飞
18:03 — 从大学副业项目到 Wafer
23:33 — 对创业和加入初创公司的建议
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查看原文(中文正文为 AI 翻译)
Wafer ([@wafer\_ai](https://x.com/wafer_ai)) is building a fast AI inference cloud that uses agents to optimize GPUs and run open-source models at industry-leading speeds. The result is the low cost of open source with the latency of a much smaller model.
Four months after launching the cloud, they went from zero to $8 million in ARR and just raised a $40M Series A.
In this episode of Founder Firesides, YC's [@snowmaker](https://x.com/snowmaker) sits down with Wafer co-founders [@gpusteve](https://x.com/gpusteve) and [@gpuemi](https://x.com/gpuemi) to talk about going from UChicago undergrads to building one of the fastest-growing AI infrastructure companies in just over a year. They share how a college side project became Wafer, how they got GLM 5.2 running 2-3x faster than anyone else in the market, and why speed, not just cost, is pushing enterprises toward open-source models.
00:48 — What Wafer Does
01:35 — Going From $0 to $8M ARR in Four Months
04:21 — Scaling Faster Than They Could Keep Up
09:14 — How AI Makes AI Faster
11:21 — The Pivot That Changed Everything
14:41 — Why Open-Source Models Are Taking Off
18:03 — From a College Side Project to Wafer
23:33 — Advice for Starting and Joining Startups
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