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Fireworks AI

About Fireworks AI

Leading inference platform for Generative AI

Business Information
Target Customers
enterprise developers data scientists
Industry Categories
AI, ML, Gen AI Cloud & Infrastructure Software
Business Model
Revenue Model SaaS
Pricing Strategy Tiered subscription
Sales Channels direct, partnerships
Funding Timeline
Round Date Amount Investors
Series C Oct 28, 2025 $250.0M @bellelin_, Wall Street Journal
Series C May 17, 2025 $4.0M Benchmark, Sequoia Capital
Founders
D
Dmytro Ivchenko

Co-Founder & CEO

L
Lin Qiao

Founder & CEO

Investors
@
@bellelin_

Investor

B
Benchmark

Venture Capital

S
Sequoia Capital

Venture Capital

Recent Mentions
ArfurRock
Arfur Rock @ArfurRock
May 17, 2025

Fireworks AI โ€”ย Leading inference platform for Generative AI ~$130M ARR, 20x+ YoY, profitable w/ $80M+ in bank Raised $25M Series A from @benchmark & $52M Series B from @sequoia. Now raising Series C at ~$4B. Don't miss Developer Day! https://t.co/1oSionoiOq

sonyatweetybird
Sonya Huang ๐Ÿฅ @sonyatweetybird
Oct 28, 2025

Congratulations on the Series C @FireworksAI_HQ! $250M raise. $4B valuation. >$280M in revenue. >10T tokens a day. And the most coveted customer set in the AI inference market: Cursor, Perplexity, Notion, Shopify, Quora, Sourcegraph, Uber, DoorDash, and other big names we can't https://t.co/pcYs6hgVu1

Techmeme
Techmeme @Techmeme
Oct 28, 2025

Fireworks AI, which helps developers access AI chips and models, raised a $254M Series C at a $4B valuation, split into a $230M primary and $24M secondary round (@bellelin_ / Wall Street Journal) https://t.co/SS2izscmFc https://t.co/2VR2hoaIfp

raisingfi
Raising.fi @raisingfi
Oct 29, 2025

New Raise ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Company: Fireworks AI ๐Ÿ”— Website: https://t.co/6wQX5OyoJR ๐Ÿ“Š Amount: $250 Million ๐Ÿ”„ Round: Series C ๐Ÿงฎ Valuation: $4 Billion โš™๏ธ Industry: AI, Technology

Investclubsv
Silicon Valley Investclub @Investclubsv
Oct 30, 2025

Fireworks AI (@FireworksAI_HQ) has raised $250 million in a Series C funding round, bringing its valuation to $4 billion. Fireworks AI (@FireworksAI_HQ), headquartered in Redwood City, California, United States, was founded in 2022 by Lin Qiao (@lqiao) and Dmytro Ivchenko. https://t.co/ki8bvahcFz