Theme
Private companyVertical + EnterpriseDeployment

Modal

Modal sits in the infrastructure layer for teams that want to run serious AI workloads without owning the full orchestration stack themselves.

HQ

New York, US

Founded

2021

Region

North America

Current snapshot

Lifecycle position

Research

New work, prototypes, or early papers.

Preview

Selective access, early demos, or limited pilots.

Growth

Repeatable distribution, partnerships, or ecosystem pull.

Deployment

Wide production use and durable market presence.

Current position

Founded

2021

Watch cadence

Weekdays

Last verified

2026-03-31

Focus

High-performance serverless infrastructure for AI and data workloads

Latest move

Modal is positioning itself as high-performance AI infrastructure for teams bringing their own code and workloads.

Category and subcategory context

Frontier LabsInfrastructureDeveloper toolsVertical + Enterprise

Competitive context

BasetenRunpodAnyscale

Recent models

This profile is tracked more for products and workflow influence than for a standalone model family.

Products

Modal platform

Open weights

No

API access

Yes

Watch level

Weekdays

Signals

Serverless computeGPU infrastructureDeveloper tools

Recent coverage of Modal

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