Open-source AI provider Inference has successfully raised $11.8 million in a seed funding round led by Multicoin Capital and a16z CSX. The round also saw participation from Topology Ventures, Founders, Inc., and several angel investors. The capital will be directed towards enhancing research and development in model and infrastructure performance, as well as improving the company's capabilities in offering customized AI model training and deployment services to enterprises. Inference.net is currently engaged in providing tailored language model training and deployment support to various AI-native companies.