Conifer

Inference gateway and routing runtime for developers: one key and endpoint in front of more than 200 models from the frontier labs and the open-weights field, with per-request routing, provider failover, a command-line runtime that can run local models, a desktop app and a parallel coding-agent tool called Parallax.

StageUndisclosed

Founded2026

HeadquartersSan Francisco, USA

StatusPrivate

Founded — ycombinator.com · 19 Oct 2026

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Product

Selected offerings — the AI products recorded here, not the vendor's full catalogue.

Conifer API service Sold on its own

OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible inference gateway that puts over 200 models behind one key, picks the model and provider per request or lets the caller name one, fails over when a provider is down and returns the cost in the response; the command-line runtime and local inference are free and cloud tokens bill at the model's own rate with no upcharge.

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IsoquantUndisclosedConifer and Isoquant both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API and track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either; ships model API rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare H

HeliconeAcquiredConifer and Helicone AI Gateway both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; Conifer's scale not recorded; Helicone is acquired, with no independent scale.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare O

OllamaEarly-stageConifer and Ollama Cloud both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either; ships infrastructure service and model API rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare TT

The Token CompanyUndisclosedConifer and The Token Company LLM input compression both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API and track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare FA

Fireworks AILate-stageConifer and Fireworks Inference both list model hosting; Conifer's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare T

TrimioUndisclosedConifer and Trimio both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API and track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare NG

Nebius GroupPublicConifer and Nebius Token Factory both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; Conifer's scale not recorded; ships developer tool, infrastructure service and 1 more rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare M

ModularAcquiredConifer and Modular Cloud both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; Conifer's scale not recorded; Modular is acquired, with no independent scale; ships developer tool and infrastructure service rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare B

BasetenLate-stageConifer and Baseten Model APIs both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; Conifer's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare R

RunPodLate-stageConifer and Runpod Hub both list model hosting; Conifer's scale not recorded; ships developer tool, infrastructure service and 2 more rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare L

LambdaLate-stageConifer and Lambda Inference both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either; ships infrastructure service and model API rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare R

ReplicateUndisclosedConifer and Replicate both list model hosting; scale not recorded for either; ships infrastructure service rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare R

RespanEarly-stageConifer and Respan AI Gateway both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API and track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare EL

Experiential LabsUndisclosedConifer and Experiential Labs Gateway both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API and track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare HF

Hugging FaceLate-stageConifer and Inference Providers both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; Conifer's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare TA

Together AILate-stageConifer and Together Dedicated Model Inference both list model hosting; Conifer's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare HC

Huawei CloudUndisclosedConifer and MaaS both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare D

DatabricksLate-stageConifer and Databricks Model Serving both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; Conifer's scale not recorded; ships AI agent, agent platform and 6 more rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare C

CrusoeLate-stageConifer and Crusoe Managed Inference both list model hosting; Conifer's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare M

ModalLate-stageConifer and Modal Inference both list model hosting; Conifer's scale not recorded; ships developer tool and infrastructure service rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare C

CivitaiEarly-stageConifer and Civitai API both list model hosting; scale not recorded for either.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare E

ElasticPublicConifer and Elastic Inference Service both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; Conifer's scale not recorded; ships agent platform, application and 3 more rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare C

Core42UndisclosedConifer and Core42 Compass both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare V

VercelLate-stageConifer and Vercel AI Gateway both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; Conifer's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare W&

Weights & BiasesAcquiredConifer and Serverless Inference both list model hosting; Conifer's scale not recorded; Weights & Biases is acquired, with no independent scale.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare V

VMwareAcquiredConifer and VMware Cloud Foundation Private AI Services both list model hosting; Conifer's scale not recorded; VMware is acquired, with no independent scale; ships infrastructure service rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare KE

Kakao EnterpriseUndisclosedConifer and Kubeflow both list model hosting; scale not recorded for either; ships developer tool and platform rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare EA

Eden AIEarly-stageConifer and Eden AI both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare ND

Not DiamondUndisclosedConifer and Not Diamond both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare NC

NAVER CloudUndisclosedConifer and Papago Translation both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare MP

Meta PlatformsPublicConifer and Meta Model API both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; Conifer's scale not recorded; ships AI agent, agent platform and 2 more rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare VE

Volcano EngineUndisclosedConifer and BytePlus ModelArk both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either; ships AI agent, agent platform and 4 more rather than the same layer.1 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare R

RequestyEarly-stageConifer and Requesty AI Gateway both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare AS

AI SpendOpsUndisclosedConifer and AI SpendOps both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API and track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either; ships infrastructure service rather than the same layer.Different layerCompare M

MicrosoftPublicConifer and Foundry Models both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; Conifer's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare L

LiteLLMEarly-stageConifer and Auto Router both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either; ships AI agent, application and 1 more rather than the same layer.1 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare D

DecartLate-stageConifer and Cogito both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; Conifer's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare F

FalUndisclosedConifer and fal Serverless both list model hosting; scale not recorded for either; ships AI agent, application and 2 more rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare L

LangWatchUndisclosedConifer and LangWatch AI Gateway both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare T

TencentPublicConifer and TokenHub both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; Conifer's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare LS

LM StudioUndisclosedConifer and LM Studio both list model hosting; scale not recorded for either; ships AI agent, application and 1 more rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare D

DatadogPublicConifer and AI Gateway both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API and track and cut what we spend on AI models; Conifer's scale not recorded.Shared product typeCompare B

BelvedirUndisclosedConifer and Belvedir both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either; ships platform rather than the same layer.1 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare C

Context.devEarly-stageConifer and Context.dev both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either.Shared product typeCompare R

RedisUndisclosedConifer and Redis LangCache both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either.Shared product typeCompare AL

AI21 LabsLate-stageConifer and AI21 Intelligent Gateway both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API and track and cut what we spend on AI models; Conifer's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare A

AssemblyAILate-stageConifer and AssemblyAI LLM Gateway both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare B

BrowserbaseEarly-stageConifer and Browserbase Model Gateway both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; Conifer's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare KC

Kilo CodeAcquiredConifer and Kilo Gateway both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API and track and cut what we spend on AI models; Conifer's scale not recorded; Kilo Code is acquired, with no independent scale.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare N

NVIDIAPublicConifer and NVIDIA NIM both list model hosting; both also serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; Conifer's scale not recorded; ships AI agent, agent platform and 6 more rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare T

TrueFoundryEarly-stageConifer and TrueFoundry AI Gateway both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare M

MastraEarly-stageConifer and Mastra Gateway both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare NR

Nous ResearchEarly-stageConifer and Nous Portal both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare A

AlibabaPublicConifer and ModelScope both list model hosting; Conifer's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare C

CohereLate-stageConifer and Model Vault both list model hosting; Conifer's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare H

HuaweiUndisclosedConifer and MindIE both list model hosting; Conifer's scale not recorded; Huawei's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation; ships application, developer tool and 1 more rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare A

AMDPublicConifer and AMD Enterprise AI Reference Stack both list model hosting; Conifer's scale not recorded; ships application, hardware and 2 more rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare S

SpendlineUndisclosedConifer and Spendline both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either; ships platform rather than the same layer.Different layerCompare DT

Dell TechnologiesPublicConifer and Dell Enterprise Hub both list model hosting; Conifer's scale not recorded; ships application, data service and 3 more rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare Y

YandexPublicConifer and Yandex Translate both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; Conifer's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare Q

QualcommPublicConifer and Qualcomm AI Inference Suite both list model hosting; Conifer's scale not recorded; ships application, developer tool and 2 more rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare A

AmazonPublicConifer and Amazon SageMaker AI both list model hosting; Conifer's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare O

OpenRouterLate-stageConifer and OpenRouter both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; Conifer's scale not recorded; ships AI agent, developer tool and 1 more rather than the same layer.1 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare K

KuaishouPublicConifer and Vanchin both list model hosting; Conifer's scale not recorded; ships application, developer tool and 2 more rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare O

OpenCodeUndisclosedConifer and OpenCode Go both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare Q

QuoraEarly-stageConifer and Poe API both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; Conifer's scale not recorded.1 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompare CM

Comet MLEarly-stageConifer and Cost Intelligence both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either; ships AI agent, application and 2 more rather than the same layer.Different layerCompare MA

Maxim AIUndisclosedConifer and Bifrost both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either; ships application, infrastructure service and 1 more rather than the same layer.Different layerCompare J

JFrogPublicConifer and JFrog ML both list model hosting; scale not recorded for either; ships developer tool, infrastructure service and 1 more rather than the same layer.1 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare L

LangChainLate-stageConifer and LangSmith LLM Gateway both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either; ships agent platform, application and 2 more rather than the same layer.Different layerCompare L

LovableLate-stageConifer and Lovable Cloud both list model hosting; Conifer's scale not recorded; ships platform rather than the same layer.1 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare

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