Replicate

Replicate operates a cloud platform that enables developers to run open-source machine learning models through a simple API. The company was founded in 2019 by Ben Firshman and Andreas Jansson and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

The platform hosts thousands of pre-trained models covering computer vision, natural language processing, audio generation, and other AI applications. Users can access models for tasks including image generation, text-to-speech, object detection, and language translation without managing infrastructure. The service charges based on compute time used, with pricing varying by model complexity.

Replicate raised a $12.5 million Series A round in 2022 led by Andreessen Horowitz. The company previously received seed funding and has built a community of developers and researchers who publish models on the platform. Ben Firshman, who previously co-founded Docker Compose, serves as CEO.