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- Flagship Report
- AI Inference
- AI Infrastructure
- Cloud Computing
Baseten is a managed inference platform that converts GPU capacity across 18 cloud providers into production-grade model serving for custom and open-weight AI workloads. With $2.1B raised and customers including Cursor, Notion, and Abridge, Baseten sits at the center of a critical debate: whether dedicated inference remains a differentiated, high-margin layer or commoditizes as compute scarcity eases.
How we do it.
Most "AI market intel" is a summarized crawl of press releases. This Altis research is built from our knowledge graph of sector expert calls, synthesized with public sources.
- Decision-Maker Survey
- 31-person inference buyer survey
- Expert Calls
- 21 market participant calls
Baseten
- Total Funding Raised
- $2.1B
- Revenue Target
- $1B ARR guidance for 2026
- Net Promoter Score (Baseten Users)
- NPS of 78
- Net Dollar Retention
- 400% net dollar retention
- Inference Volume Growth Expectation
- 87% of respondents expect inference volumes to grow 10%+ over the next 12 months
- Open-Weight Adoption Trend
- 84% expect open-weight share to keep rising
- Buyer Multi-Sourcing Rate
- 77% multisource
- Headcount
- 264
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What's in the report
Most "AI market intel" is a summarized crawl of press releases. This is what customers, competitors, and former employees actually told us.
Market Overview
Market structure, where the company sits, and growth drivers.
- market map
- AI Inference landscape
- AI Inference growth rate
- CAGR
Total Addressable Market
Bottom-up TAM / SAM / SOM.
- Baseten TAM
- AI Inference market size
- market opportunity
Company Overview
What the company does and how it operates.
- what does Baseten do
- Baseten product
- business model
Product / Go-to-Market
Product, GTM motion, ICP, and who buys.
- Baseten customers
- who uses Baseten
- Baseten ICP
- go-to-market
Competitive Dynamics
The Altis Market Map and the Altis Win-Rate Index.
- Baseten competitors
- Baseten alternatives
- who competes with Baseten
- Baseten win rate
Customer Signals
Retention, satisfaction, and win/loss signals.
- Baseten reviews
- Baseten NRR
- Baseten churn
- current customers
- switching costs
Investment Debates
Investment thesis, moat, bull/bear, and key risks.
- Baseten investment thesis
- Baseten moat
- bull case bear case
- Baseten risk factors
Monetization & Financials
Business model, revenue model, and unit economics.
- Baseten ARR
- Baseten revenue
- Baseten valuation
- unit economics
Team and culture
Founders, leadership, and org.
- Baseten founders
- Baseten CEO background
- leadership team
- headcount
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Based on a 31-person inference buyer survey and 21 expert calls conducted May–June 2026.