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Modal

serverless cloud for AI workloads

Domains
Code · Computer Use
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Founded
Est. 2021
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HQ
New York, USA
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Funding
Series A+
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Open source
Closed

§ Positioning

General-purpose serverless cloud widely used as the substrate for AI workloads and agent sandboxes.

Best for · Teams that need GPUs and fast, on-demand sandbox compute behind their agents or environments.

Team · Founded by Erik Bernhardsson and Akshat Bubna.

Focus · Serverless cloud for AI workloads - fast container starts, GPUs, and on-demand sandboxes.

Notable customers · AI teams and agent platforms

§ Infrastructure

Unscored - adjacent infrastructure

Modal provides execution infrastructure that RL environments run on, rather than building environments itself. Listed here for context but not scored against the environment-native rubric.