API platform for running and fine-tuning open-source AI models
AI📍 San Francisco, CAFounded 2019
Current Valuation
$350M
as of 2024-Q1
PRIVATE
IPO Outlookprivate
Is Replicate going public?
No. Replicate has no imminent IPO plans on record. It is still private.
What is Replicate's valuation in 2026?
Replicate is valued at $350M as of 2024-Q1, set by its Series B ($40M, Feb 2024). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Replicate filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Replicate.
Who are Replicate's investors?
Replicate's investors include a16z, Sequoia, Y Combinator, Heavybit.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Replicate is the simplest way to deploy and run open-source AI models via a single API. Strong adoption among image/video generation startups and developers. Built around Cog, an open standard for packaging ML models.
Company Profile
CEO
Ben Firshman
Founded
2019
HQ
San Francisco, CA
Employees
~80
Total Raised
$60M
Est. Revenue
$80M (2025)
Growth
~5x YoY
Last Round
Series B — $40M (Feb 2024) · Lead: a16z
IPO Status
no imminent plans
Fundraising Status
Series B · $40M · 2y 6mo ago
no imminent plansTotal raised $60M
Latest Funding Round
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Series B
$40M
Feb 2024
a16z
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Vertical Intelligence — AI / ML
Open models
0
verified organization
Downloads (30d)
0
across all models
Followers
117
Attributed to Hugging Face organization "Replicate" as of 2026-08-19. Open-weights footprint only — closed-model usage is not publicly measurable. Verify on Hugging Face ↗
Talent Signal
No public careers page or job board could be found for Replicate as of 2026-08-17. That itself is a datapoint: no open external hiring surface.
Checked the company site and major hosted job boards. Re-checked monthly.
Founders & Key People
Ben FirshmanAndreas Jansson
Investors
a16z · Sequoia · Y Combinator · Heavybit
Products
Replicate API (run any open model)
Cog (containerization)
Fine-tuning
Competitors
Together AI · Modal · Hugging Face Inference · Banana
AI InfraOpen Source
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2024-Q1. Refreshed quarterly.