
Fastino builds task-specific language models that deliver faster, more accurate, and lower-cost inference for developer use cases. It offers Task-specific Language Models (TLMs) tuned for tasks such…

Fastino builds task-specific language models that deliver faster, more accurate, and lower-cost inference for developer use cases. It offers Task-specific Language Models (TLMs) tuned for tasks such…
What they do: Task-specific language models (TLMs) and a personalization API for developer and enterprise use cases
Headquarters: Palo Alto, California
Founders: Ash Lewis; George Hurn-Maloney
Funding (total): Approximately $25M (includes $17.5M seed + ~$7M pre-seed)
Tech / product strengths: Small task-optimized models, sub-100ms inference on commodity hardware, API + SaaS platform
Making specialized, efficient generative AI components for developer and enterprise workflows (low-latency, cost-effective inference and personalization).
2024
Data and Analytics
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Reported pre-seed round (~$7M) led by M12 (Microsoft's venture fund) and Insight Partners
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Seed round led by Khosla Ventures; brings reported total funding to nearly $25M
“Multiple institutional investors including Khosla Ventures, Insight Partners, M12, Valor Equity Partners, and angels such as Lukas Biewald and Shawn Lewis”
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