Predibase
Category: AI Infrastructure
An enterprise platform for developers to fine-tune and serve open-source large language models (LLMs) for production-ready AI applications. Predibase was founded in 2020. The company is led by Devvret Rishi. Based in San Francisco, CA, USA. Team size: 34. Total funding raised: $28.45 million. Latest round: Series A-II. Key investors include Greylock, Felicis Ventures, Factory, Sancus Ventures.
- Founded
- 2020
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Team size
- 34
- Total funding
- $28.45 million
Value proposition
Simplifies and accelerates the deployment of custom AI models through a low-code, declarative ML platform, reducing the cost and complexity of training and serving LLMs at scale.
Products and solutions
Enterprise declarative machine learning platform, Low-code tools for fine-tuning and serving LLMs, Optimized infrastructure for model training and inference, LoRA Land: A library of efficiently fine-tuned LLMs
Unique value
Predibase's declarative, low-code approach simplifies the end-to-end process of customizing and deploying open-source LLMs, making it more accessible for enterprises compared to building from scratch or relying on proprietary APIs.
Target customer
Engineering teams in Fortune 500 companies and high-growth startups implementing AI-driven solutions.
Industries served
Technology, Finance, Healthcare, Enterprise IT & Security
Technology advantage
Provides an end-to-end training and serving infrastructure that enables fast, accurate, and cost-efficient AI model deployment, combined with deep expertise in customizing open-source models. Built on the open-source foundations of Ludwig and Horovod.
How they differentiate
Predibase differentiates with its end-to-end platform focused on secure, enterprise-grade customization and deployment of open-source models, whereas competitors may focus more on model repositories (Hugging Face) or specific parts of the ML lifecycle.
Main competitors
Hugging Face, Mistral AI, Together AI, Databricks, Snowflake
Key partnerships
Rubrik (Acquirer), Integrations with major cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
Notable customers
Qualcomm, Marsh McLennan, Checkr
Major milestones
Successfully raised $28.45M in funding. Developed deep integrations into AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud ecosystems. Agreement for acquisition by Rubrik announced in June 2024 to accelerate agentic AI adoption.
Growth metrics
Successfully launched out of stealth and secured acquisition by a major cybersecurity company (Rubrik).
Market positioning
Recognized as an outperformer for its specialized platform for fine-tuning and serving large language models for enterprise use cases.
Geographic focus
Global, with a strong focus on North America.
Patents and IP
Information not publicly available.
About Devvret Rishi
Devvret Rishi is the Co-Founder and CEO of Predibase. He has a background in product management and AI, with previous experience at Google where he worked on products like Firebase, Google Research, and the Google Assistant. He was also the first product lead for Kaggle. He holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from Harvard University.
Official website: https://predibase.com