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title: "Modal"
type: entity
entity_type: company
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/modal
updated: 2026-10-19T15:40:02.000Z
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# Modal

> Modal is an AI infrastructure company that provides cloud compute for running AI inference and hosting AI workloads.

Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/modal

- **Type:** Company
- **Signals:** 5
- **First seen:** Sep 23, 2026
- **Last seen:** Oct 19, 2026

## Recent signals

- [AI infrastructure startup Modal says it plans to start using Nvidia's Vera CPUs for the first time for hosting agents, alongside its current Intel and AMD chips (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/ai-infrastructure-startup-modal-says-it-plans-to-start-using-nvidias-8ebc1e72) (Oct 19, 2026)
- [AI infrastructure startup Modal raised a $750M Series D led by Accel at a $15.75B post-money valuation, taking its total funding to $1.2B, and passes $1B ARR (Chris Metinko/Axios)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/ai-infrastructure-startup-modal-raised-a-750m-series-d-led-by-accel-at-9e7de741) (Oct 14, 2026)
- [Source: Inference provider Modal Labs closing in on $750M round at $15.75B valuation](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/source-inference-provider-modal-labs-closing-in-on-750m-round-at-15-48f49c36) (Sep 28, 2026)
- [Sources: Modal Labs is in funding talks at a \~$15B valuation, up from $4.65B in May; Baseten is in funding talks at a $26B valuation, up from $13B in June (Bloomberg)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/sources-modal-labs-is-in-funding-talks-at-a-15b-valuation-up-from-4-f377b487) (Sep 24, 2026)
- [Startups Modal, Baseten in Funding Talks to Help Businesses Run AI](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/startups-modal-baseten-in-funding-talks-to-help-businesses-run-ai-45971b0d) (Sep 23, 2026)

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