Cerebrium, a New York-based AI infrastructure platform, has raised $8.5 million in a seed funding round.
Investors
The round was led by Gradient Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator and Authentic Ventures.
Gradient Ventures is Google’s AI-focused venture capital fund, launched in 2017 to support early-stage startups developing artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. Headquartered in Mountain View (with a presence in San Francisco), it invests in pre-seed through Series A rounds, primarily in AI, software, ML, data science, and fintech startups in North America and Europe.
Cerebrium Use of Funds
The company will use the funding to grow its engineering team and develop new platform features.
About Cerebrium
Founded in Cape Town by Michael Louis and Jonathan Irwin, Cerebrium is a serverless AI infrastructure platform that empowers engineering teams to build, deploy, and scale multimodal AI applications. It supports the development of applications in sectors such as Voice AI, real-time avatars, and healthcare. The platform offers serverless CPU and GPU infrastructure that dynamically spins up and down, meaning clients only pay for the compute time they use. Headquartered in New York, Cerebrium clients include Tavus, Deepgram, and Vapi.
Funding Details
Company: Cerebrium, Inc.
Raised: $8.5M
Round: Seed
Funding Date: July 2025
Lead Investor: Gradient Ventures
Additional Investors: Y Combinator, Authentic Ventures
Company Website: https://www.cerebrium.ai/
Software Category: AI Infrastructure / Serverless Compute for Multimodal AI
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