Unify Raises $8 Million to Optimize LLM Deployment
Unify is transforming the deployment of large language models (LLMs) by simplifying, speeding up, and reducing the costs associated with their integration.
Company Name: Unify
Sector: Artificial Intelligence, Software
Funding Details: Raised $8 million on SAFEs. Investors include Y Combinator, Essence VC, A Capital, SignalFire, J12, M12 (Microsoft), Race Capital, and Samsung Next.
Purpose of Investment: To expand the engineering team and continue the development of Unify’s core technology, the model router.
Leadership: Founded by a PhD graduate from Imperial College. Notable commentary from Jerry Liu, CEO of LlamaIndex, and Clem Delangue, CEO of HuggingFace.
Product: Unify offers a comprehensive interface for testing and deploying LLMs across various providers through a unified API, featuring single-sign-on and customizable dynamic routing. The platform’s public runtime and quality benchmarks, updated multiple times daily, support custom LLMs and agentic systems to ensure optimal performance tailored to specific user needs.
About Company: Unify is transforming the deployment of large language models (LLMs) by simplifying, speeding up, and reducing the costs associated with their integration. By enabling dynamic routing to the most suitable LLM provider, Unify ensures that developers can optimize for cost, quality, and speed, enhancing overall efficiency and application performance.
Vision and Future Plans: Unify plans to broaden its services beyond dynamic routing to include tools for selecting optimal prompts and contextual examples based on task performance. The platform will also incorporate a broader range of specialized fine-tuned models to ensure a suitable model for every task is available.
Company Growth: With a current team of 7, Unify plans to grow to 10 employees by year's end. Since its launch, over 4,000 engineers from leading companies such as Tesla, Twitter, Meta, and DeepMind have adopted Unify's solutions.