Modal Labs

Modal LabsSince 2022-11

Modal Labs is a high-performance serverless cloud platform that enables AI engineers and developers to run Python code in the cloud with instant access to thousands of CPUs, GPUs, and persistent network volumes. Founded by former Spotify CTO Erik Bernhardsson, Modal reimagines cloud computing with sub-second cold starts and zero infrastructure configuration. With Modal, you define your container image, dependencies, and GPU hardware directly inside standard Python code using simple decorators (e.g. `@app.function(gpu="H100")`). Modal handles container building, volume mounting, GPU scheduling, and automatic scaling down to zero in milliseconds, making it the premier choice for running generative AI models, ComfyUI video pipelines, and massive parallel batch jobs.

Modal operates a custom container runtime built in Rust that bypasses standard Docker daemon overhead, allowing container images to spawn in under 900 milliseconds. Its distributed filesystem mounts shared NetworkFileSystem (NFS) volumes across thousands of simultaneous workers with near-local NVMe read speeds. Modal supports NVIDIA T4, L4, A10G, A100 (40GB/80GB), and H100 SXM5 GPUs. Developers can attach web endpoints (`@app.web_endpoint`), schedule recurring cron tasks, execute distributed map-reduce jobs across tens of thousands of cores, and monitor live streaming logs via the interactive web console.

BasetenSince 2023-01

Baseten converts textual prompts into high‑quality images using diffusion models. Users can generate visuals for marketing, design, and content.

The service runs on cloud GPUs and offers an API for developers.