{"data":{"id":1726,"lang":"en","title":"Fireworks AI in Talks to Raise at $15 Billion Valuation, Nearly 4x Its October Price as AI Inference Demand Soars","summary":"Fireworks AI is in talks to raise at a $15 billion valuation, nearly 4x its $4 billion price from October, with Index Ventures co-leading.","category":"business","category_label":"Business","published_at":"2026-05-28T02:01:19Z","updated_at":"2026-05-28T02:01:19Z","url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/news/article/1726-fireworks-ai-in-talks-to-raise-at-15-billion-valuation-nearly-4x-its-october","api_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/1726?lang=en","markdown_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/1726.md?lang=en","image_url":"https://static.cryptobriefing.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/26203322/fireworks-ai-has-a-valuation-of-552-million-ukrainians-among-2-1-800x420.jpeg","word_count":143,"reading_time_minutes":1,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-27/fireworks-ai-in-talks-for-funding-at-15-billion-valuation","domain":"bloomberg.com"},{"url":"https://cryptobriefing.com/fireworks-ai-funding-15-billion-valuation/","domain":"cryptobriefing.com"}],"translation":{"lang":"cs","id":1799,"title":"Fireworks AI jedná o investici při ocenění 15 miliard dolarů, téměř 4x více než v říjnu, poptávka po inferenci AI prudce roste","url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/news/clanek/1799-fireworks-ai-jedna-o-investici-pri-oceneni-15-miliard-dolaru-temer-4x-vice-nez","api_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/1799?lang=cs"},"content":"Fireworks AI, the startup that runs open-source AI models for other companies, is in talks for a new funding round that would value it at $15 billion, according to Bloomberg. That is almost four times the $4 billion valuation it set in its October 2025 Series C, with earlier backer Index Ventures said to be co-leading the new deal.\n\nFounded in 2022 by former Meta engineer Lin Qiao, Fireworks specializes in high-efficiency inference for open-source large language models. The company processes well over 10 trillion tokens per day and counts Cursor, Perplexity, Notion and Uber among its customers, having reached roughly $315 million in annualized revenue in February, up about 416% year over year.\n\nThe near-quadrupling in seven months is a fresh test of how far investor appetite for AI infrastructure can run. The round has not closed and terms could still change."}}