# Modal

Company record · Presspool · https://presspool.ai/companies/modal-com

Modal is a cloud built for AI, giving developers primitives for workloads such as low-latency elastic inference. Website: https://modal.com

## Funding

Latest announced financing: $355 million, Series C, led by General Catalyst and Redpoint, announced May 21, 2026.

## Whether AI names Modal

- On the AI infrastructure map: named or cited in 8 of 39 answers to Presspool's AI infrastructure questions on September 27, 2026 (ChatGPT 3 of 8, Gemini 3 of 8, Copilot 1 of 8, Google AI Mode 0 of 8, Google AI Overviews 1 of 7). [See the map](https://presspool.ai/niches/ai-infrastructure). Most often named in the same answers: [Baseten](https://presspool.ai/companies/baseten-co) (4), [Daytona](https://presspool.ai/companies/daytona-io) (4), [Fireworks AI](https://presspool.ai/companies/fireworks-ai) (4), [Together AI](https://presspool.ai/companies/together-ai) (4), [Lambda](https://presspool.ai/companies/lambda-ai) (3).
- Machine Relations Index: Cited in 10 of 16,925 Index answers, May 10, 2026 to September 26, 2026.

A company counts when an AI answer names it or cites its website. Answers vary from run to run, so each count is a dated sample.

## Sources

- [Own site](https://modal.com/blog/modal-series-c)
- [Independent source](https://www.reuters.com/business/modal-labs-valued-465-billion-ai-coding-takes-off-2026-05-21/)

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