Prodia, an Atlanta, GA-based provider of a distributed network of GPUs for AI inference solutions, has raised $15 million in seed funding.
Overview
- Founders: Monty Anderson, Mikhail Avady, and Shawn Wilkinson
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Focus: Distributed GPU cloud designed specifically for AI inference
- Benefits:
- Reduces costs by 50% – 90%
- Accelerates generation speeds
- Provides a REST API for effortless integration
Funding Details
- Amount Raised: $15 million
- Lead Investor: Dragonfly Capital
- Other Investors:
- HashKey
- Web3.com
- Index Ventures
- Symbolic Capital
- OKX Ventures
- EV3
- Artichoke
- TRGC
- Folius
- Tangent Capital
- Southern Equity
- Balaji Srinivasan
- Sandeep Nailwal (founder of Polygon)
- Matthew Roszak
- Jeremy Voss (Director of Gen AI at Meta)
- Amit Vasudev (founder of Clearbit)
- Thomas France (founder of Ledger)
- Leon Marshall (CEO of Galaxy Europe)
- Nicolas Pinto
- Kenzi Wang
- Jermaine Brown
Use of Funds
Prodia plans to utilize the funds to:
- Accelerate the next phase of its growth
- Expand into generative video
- Support more large language models (LLMs)
- Grow its network to support a wider variety of GPU hardware and providers
Prodia’s innovative approach to AI inference through its distributed GPU cloud aims to provide cost-effective and efficient solutions, helping to drive advancements in AI technology and expand its applications.
