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Access 1,500+ AI models for image, video, and audio generation. Deploy with serverless GPUs, 10x faster inference, and 99.99% uptime. Trusted by 2.5M+ devs. observed

AI infra & dev tools fresh · evidence today 14 sources 48% confidence
81/100
Venture signal
scored above 98% of unstaged peers stage unparsed
Outlook Stable
Why this score? ↓

What we have established three decisions, kept apart

  1. 1 Identity verified Not recorded

    No person- or entity-level identity check is on record for this company. A name match is not one.

  2. 2 In the ranked index Yes

    The ranked index lists private AI companies with two or more independent sourced evidence families; its Early-stage view also leaves out rounds of $100M or more that no source assigns a stage. This profile is listed in the ranked index, but not in its Early-stage view: its latest round is $100M or more and no source states its stage. It is a statement about evidence and mandate, and about nothing else.

  3. 3 Fit for a seed/Series-A sourcing buyer Fit not established

    We have not established fit. That is not a soft no and not a soft yes — it is unknown, and it is never counted as a qualified prospect.

    UNKNOWN (not a soft no, never counted as qualified). Blocker: No source states a band-bearing stage for any financing event we hold.

    Venture backing: not found · Stage band: UNKNOWN — No source states a band-bearing stage for any financing event we hold.

    Assessed 2026-11-09 for seed/Series-A sourcing.

Funding
$1.3B
2026-11-03
Adoption
no signal
downloads / week
Developer
87.2
momentum / 100
Hiring
no board
eng openings
Commercial
public pricing
homepage

Composite signal v0 36 ±23 · 2 components

Five evidence lanes (activity, capital, infra, hiring, ecosystem) as within-cohort percentiles, combined with evidence-breadth weights over the 60-company baseline cohort. The ± band widens with missing lanes — it measures what the score stands on. 3 signals in the last 60 days back this number.

New infrastructure surfaces

Subdomains appearing in public certificate-transparency logs — infrastructure standing up, dated at detection. Intent labels are deterministic (token map), not guessed.

api.18.shark.fal.ai product surface 11-12 api.pr2029.shark.fal.ai product surface 11-12 api.pr2035.shark.fal.ai product surface 11-12 api.pr2053.shark.fal.ai product surface 11-12 api.pr2048.shark.fal.ai product surface 11-12 api.pr2292.shark.fal.ai product surface 11-12 api.pr2161.shark.fal.ai product surface 11-12 api.pr1926.shark.fal.ai product surface 11-12 api.pr2193.shark.fal.ai product surface 11-12 api.pr2260.shark.fal.ai product surface 11-12 api.pr1896.shark.fal.ai product surface 11-12 api.pr2209.shark.fal.ai product surface 11-12

Traction

Latest cited round

Opportunity & risk

↗ Strongest signal: developer (31% of the score).

↓ Scored on 3 of 4 components — adoption had no computable metric; confidence 0.48.

8 independent sources 0 promoted signals inspect the evidence →

Evaluation

How it's evaluated Four independent layers ▾

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Platform score derived
81/100
Founder self-assessment claimed
11/100
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VIX signals 100 hard signals across 1 source ▾

The platform's own early signals for this company — hard-to-fake, and where one preceded a real raise, the measured lead.

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Technology 3 of 4 signals present ▾
Primary language
Python observed
GitHub stars
979 observed
Forks
108 observed
Weekly downloads (npm)
not provided
Team & hiring No signals collected yet ▾
No team & hiring data yet. This category is part of the record and will populate as evidence is collected or the founder provides it.
Market & funding stage 2 of 3 signals present ▾
Latest round stage (as stated)
not provided
Latest round amount
$1.3B observed
Latest round announced
2026-11-03 observed
Timeline 1 events ▾
  1. 2026-11-03 Round · $1.3B

Evidence & scoring

Why this score? none_required ▾

VentureSignalScore 81/100 for fal, composed from 3 of 4 components (ai_infra formula), discounted ×0.88 for 60% signal coverage

ComponentWeightNormalizedContribution
funding_recency 0.1 0.9732 0.0973
funding_magnitude 0.15 1 0.15
developer 0.35 0.872 0.3052

Evidence this score rests on

Narrative vs. reality No SEC filing found for this round

Reported narrative · Tier 2
$1.3B
announced 2026-11-03 · source ↗
Filed reality · Tier 0 · SEC
No SEC Form D on record.

An evidence gap, not proof of falsity: Form D is not always required (foreign offerings, certain exemptions) or may not be filed yet.

Financing events four different events, four different dates

A first sale, a filing, an amendment and a public announcement are not the same event, and one date may not stand in for another. Where the latest financing date cannot be established from what we hold, this says unknown rather than substituting a date we do have.

Latest established financing date
2026-11-03
Money moved on or after
2026-11-03
Total reported by
not established
Basis
reported round

A reported round dated 2026-11-03 by its own source.

Shipped capability HuggingFace · public

This company publishes models on HuggingFace — observable proof of capability, ahead of any product announcement. Adoption is measured in real downloads.

Raw observations 165 records ▾
AttributeValueKindSourceObservedStateConf.
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buyer_fit.assessment {"buyer": "seed/Series-A sourcing", "method": "Backlog pass 2026-10-24: applied the record_buyer_fit.ts fit rule to this company's held primary-source financing evidence (funding.round.* / sec.form_d. observed assessment 2026-11-09 normalized 0.90
buyer_fit.status unknown observed assessment 2026-11-06 superseded 0.90
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common_name FAL observed artifact ↗ 2026-10-08 superseded 0.60
common_name FAL observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-17 superseded 0.60
common_name FAL observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-17 normalized 0.60
common_name fal, your full stack for generative media observed artifact ↗ 2026-11-12 normalized 0.60
description FAL is a company driving significant returns for the fund. observed artifact ↗ 2026-10-08 superseded 0.60
description FAL is a company driving significant returns for the fund. observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-17 superseded 0.60
description FAL is a company driving significant returns for the fund. observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-17 normalized 0.60
description Generative media inference startup observed derived 2026-11-06 normalized 0.60
description Access 1,500+ AI models for image, video, and audio generation. Deploy with serverless GPUs, 10x faster inference, and 99.99% uptime. Trusted by 2.5M+ devs. observed artifact ↗ 2026-11-12 normalized 0.70
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