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Inferact Inc. has launched to commercialize the open-source vLLM AI technology, securing $150 million in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed, which values the startup at $800 million. Founded by Ion Stoica, a professor and Databricks co-founder, Inferact aims to optimize large language models for faster inference and plans to enhance the vLLM project with new features and support for various data center hardware.