Wafer Raises $40M Series A

Wafer, an artificial intelligence company, has announced a $40 million Series A funding round to advance its platform for continuous AI inference optimization.

Investors

This round was co-led by Marathon and Chemistry, with additional participation from Wing, AMD Ventures, Outset Capital, Fifty Years, and Y Combinator. A group of angel investors also participated, including Jeff Dean, Guillermo Rauch, Andy Fang, Kyle Vogt, Akshay Kothari, Matthew Prince, and Scott Stephenson.

Wafer Use of Funds

Wafer intends to use the capital to automate more of its inference optimization loop and accelerate the development of its inference infrastructure.

About Wafer

Wafer develops AI technology designed to continuously optimize AI inference. By analyzing workload traffic patterns and performance constraints, the company provides automated deployment optimizations across models, engines, kernels, and hardware to improve performance per dollar.

Funding Details

Company Website: https://wafer.ai

Company: Wafer
Raised: $40M
Round: Series A
Funding Date: September 1, 2026
Lead Investor: Marathon, Chemistry
Additional Investors: Wing, AMD Ventures, Outset Capital, Fifty Years, Y Combinator, Jeff Dean, Guillermo Rauch, Andy Fang, Kyle Vogt, Akshay Kothari, Matthew Prince, Scott Stephenson
Software Category: Artificial Intelligence
Source: https://www.wafer.ai/blog/series-a