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Modal

Elastic compute built for AI developers.

Company snapshot

Stage
Series D
Funding
Series D · $750M · Oct 14, 2026
Status
published
Updated
Nov 8, 2026
Views
Website
modal.com

What they're building

Elastic compute built for AI developers. Modal provides serverless cloud infrastructure for AI, letting developers scale inference, training, and agent sandboxes through code without managing the underlying GPU infrastructure.

Founders

Erik Bernhardsson

Co-founder and CEO

Akshat Bubna

Co-founder and CTO

Foundation model usage

Editorial estimates from product descriptions. Model providers and actual usage are not confirmed.

Inferred architecture
Agentic loops, Code generation
Estimated model demand
High intensity

NYC footprint

NYC office
233 Spring Street, Floor 11, New York, NY

Funding

Latest funding: Series D · $750M · Oct 14, 2026. Lead investor: Accel.

Sources & location evidence

Open research desk ↗

Profile source review: 2026-11-03. Official 2023 release explicitly identifies NYC headquarters; October 2026 post confirms a team spanning NY, SF, and Stockholm. October Series D supersedes May 2026 Series C. Exact cumulative funding is not stated in the latest announcement.

Manhattan · verified office

233 Spring Street, Floor 11, New York, NY. Current primary company page publishes this in Visit Us, alongside its other global offices, and says the team is based in New York, Stockholm, and San Francisco. This is a public office listing rather than a legal-notice address. No publication date or neighborhood is displayed; borough and any ZIP enrichment should come from the address geocode.

Modal - Company / Visit Us ↗

Source checked 2026-11-03

Notes

Modal is tagged infra based on buyer clarity, repeat workflow activity, public activity, and fit with the AI Atlas map.

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