artificial intelligencerén gōng zhì néng人工智能inference / reasoningtuīlǐ推理startup companychūchuàng gōngsī初创公司Baseten (AI infrastructure startup)BasetenBasetento complete / to closewánchéng完成$1.5 billion150 yì měiyuán150亿美元funding round / financingróngzī融资。
artificial intelligence
rén gōng zhì néng
人工智能
inference / reasoning
tuīlǐ
推理
startup company
chūchuàng gōngsī
初创公司
Baseten (AI infrastructure startup)
Baseten
Baseten
to complete / to close
wánchéng
完成
$1.5 billion
150 yì měiyuán
150亿美元
funding round / financing
róngzī
融资
artificial intelligence
rén gōng zhì néng
人工智能
infrastructure
jīchǔ shèshī
基础设施
startup company
chūchuàng gōngsī
初创公司
Baseten (AI infrastructure startup)
Baseten
Baseten
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
to complete / to close
wánchéng
完成
$1.5 billion
15 yì měiyuán
15亿美元
funding round / financing
róngzī
融资
company
gōngsī
公司
valuation
gūzhí
估值
to reach / to amount to
dádào
达到
$13 billion
130 yì měiyuán
130亿美元
June 24, 2026 at 11:00 AM
headquarters
zǒngbù
总部
located at / based in
wèiyú
位于
San Francisco
Jiùjīnshān
旧金山
structural particle
de
的
Baseten (AI infrastructure startup)
Baseten
Baseten
to focus on / to specialize in
zhuānzhù yú
专注于
for
wèi
为
enterprises / businesses
qǐyè
企业
to provide
tígōng
提供
open-source
kāiyuán
开源
artificial intelligence
rén gōng zhì néng
人工智能
model
móxíng
模型
structural particle
de
的
deployment / rollout
bùshǔ
部署
and / with
yǔ
与
optimization
yōuhuà
优化
services
fúwù
服务
this round (of funding)
cǐ lún
此轮
financing / funding
róngzī
融资
by / led by
yóu
由
Altimeter Capital (investment firm)
Altimeter Capital
Altimeter Capital
Conviction (venture capital firm)
Conviction
Conviction
Spark Capital (venture capital firm)
Spark Capital
Spark Capital
and others / et cetera
děng
等
multiple / several (companies)
duō jiā
多家
well-known / prominent
zhīmíng
知名
investment institutions
tóuzī jīgòu
投资机构
jointly / together
liánhé
联合
to lead a funding round
lǐngtóu
领投
Baseten (AI infrastructure startup)
Baseten
Baseten
structural particle
de
的
revenue
shōurù
收入
year-over-year
tóngbǐ
同比
to grow / growth
zēngzhǎng
增长
approximately
yuē
约
twenty times / 20x
èrshí bèi
二十倍
currently / at present
mùqián
目前
its
qí
其
platform
píngtái
平台
every day
měitiān
每天
to process / to handle
chǔlǐ
处理
more than / exceeding
chāoguò
超过
one billion times
shí yì cì
十亿次
artificial intelligence
rén gōng zhì néng
人工智能
inference
tuīlǐ
推理
requests / queries
qǐngqiú
请求
these
zhèxiē
这些
requests
qǐngqiú
请求
distributed across
fēnbù zài
分布在
global / worldwide
quánqiú
全球
eighty-seven
bāshíqī gè
八十七个
clusters (computing)
jíqún
集群
eighteen
shíbā gè
十八个
cloud platforms
yún píngtái
云平台
on / across
shàng
上
as / along with
suízhe
随着
open-source
kāiyuán
开源
artificial intelligence
rén gōng zhì néng
人工智能
models
móxíng
模型
structural particle
de
的
rapid / fast
kuàisù
快速
proliferation / widespread adoption
pǔjí
普及
enterprises / businesses
qǐyè
企业
for / towards
duì
对
efficient / high-performance
gāoxiào
高效
low-cost
dī chéngběn
低成本
inference
tuīlǐ
推理
infrastructure
jīchǔ shèshī
基础设施
structural particle
de
的
demand / need
xūqiú
需求
continuously / persistently
chíxù
持续
to grow / to increase
zēngzhǎng
增长
this time / this round
cǐ cì
此次
financing / funding
róngzī
融资
since / the time since
jùlí
距离
its
qí
其
previous round
shàng yī lún
上一轮
financing
róngzī
融资
only / merely
jǐn
仅
a few months
shù yuè
数月
to demonstrate / to show
xiǎnshì chū
显示出
investors
tóuzīzhě
投资者
toward / for
duì
对
artificial intelligence
rén gōng zhì néng
人工智能
inference
tuīlǐ
推理
track / sector (investment term)
sàidào
赛道
structural particle
de
的
strong / intense
qiángliè
强烈
confidence
xìnxīn
信心
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Tencent (tech company)
Téngxùn
腾讯
in
zài
在
WeChat (messaging app)
Wēixìn
微信
to launch / roll out
tuīchū
推出
artificial intelligence
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
assistant
zhùshǒu
助手
Xiaowei (AI assistant name)
Xiǎowēi
小微
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