## Inferact aims to commercialize vLLM with significant funding Inferact, a new player in the landscape of inference-focused startups, has announced that it has raised $150 million in a seed funding round. The transaction gives the company a valuation of $800 million. Inferact's stated goal is to commercialize vLLM, a technology presumably related to optimizing inference for large language models (LLMs). At the moment, no further specific details are available on the technology or commercialization plans. ## General context on Inference Inference is a crucial phase in the use of machine learning models, especially large language models (LLMs). Optimizing inference means reducing computational costs and improving response speed, making the models more accessible and usable in real-world applications. Several startups and companies are investing in this sector to develop innovative solutions.