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Source: Inference provider Modal Labs closing in on $750M round at $15.75B valuation

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Modal Labs, an inference and AI infrastructure provider, is reportedly closing in on a $750 million financing that would value the company at $15.75 billion. According to the report, this new round would more than triple Modal's valuation compared with four months ago. The story sits alongside several large AI financings, including OpenAI pursuing a roughly $30 billion raise at a $1.4 trillion valuation and other fast-growing startups such as Instinct raising $1 billion at a $10 billion valuation and ElevenLabs doubling to $22 billion.

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Big rounds and rapid revaluations are clustering as investors push large bets into AI infrastructure and models right now.

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If Modal Labs really jumps to a $15.75B valuation on a $750M round, investors are paying for speed, not certainty, and that matters for founders who build infrastructure, not consumer hits.

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