hosted.ai raises $19M for GPU pooling
hosted.ai landed $19M seed to build a pooled GPU marketplace that claims up to 5× utilization gains — a potential partner or competitive fabric for cloud GPU provisioning. Their model directly touches networking and orchestration layers that affect InfiniBand and Spectrum‑X use cases. (x.com)
The seed round was led by European VC Creandum, with participation from Repeat VC, People Ventures, Z21 Ventures, Golden Sparrow, Hersir Ventures and Tekton. (cxodigitalpulse.com) Hosted.ai’s four co‑founders are Ditlev Bredahl (CEO), Narendar “Naren” Shankar (CCO), Julian Chesterfield and James Withall, and the leadership team includes veterans from OnApp, VMware, Cisco and Nvidia. (hosted.ai) The company markets a GPUaaS control platform that provides software‑defined multi‑tenant GPU virtualization, pooling and overcommit, plus turnkey bare‑metal deployment and a rebrandable self‑service UI for operators. (hosted.ai) Hosted.ai announced a formal partnership to support FuriosaAI’s RNGD tensor‑contraction processors, signaling intent to host non‑NVIDIA accelerators alongside traditional GPUs. (hosted.ai) The firm incorporated in California on August 30, 2024. (bizprofile.net) Hosted.ai says it publicly launched and onboarded its first customers in early 2025 as it built out its neocloud operator focus. (hosted.ai) Industry coverage identifies the team as ex‑NVIDIA engineers and highlights the company’s go‑to‑market aimed at regional and specialist cloud providers rather than hyperscalers. (techfundingnews.com)
