Aarna.ml, a provider of open-source GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) AI Cloud software, has raised $6.7 million in a Series A funding round led by Exfinity Venture Partners.
Aarna.ml plans to utilize the fresh capital to accelerate product development for the GPU cloud management use case.
This news comes on the heels of Aarna.ml’s successful Series A round, which closed in October 2023 with $5.5 million raised from prominent investors like NVIDIA, LDV Partners, 3Lines, CARAT Venture Partners, and others. This additional funding brings the total Series A investment to $6.7 million.
Amar Kapadia, Co-founder and CEO of Aarna.ml commented, “We are thrilled to partner with Exfinity Venture Partners. Beyond the financial support, Exfinity’s expertise in scaling deep-tech startups in cross-border settings will significantly aid our expansion. With Exfinity’s backing, we are poised to extend our reach and enhance our impact in the industry.”
Chinnu Senthilkumar, Managing Partner at Exfinity Ventures, stated, “Our investment in Aarna.ml underscores the immense potential and value of Aarna’s innovative solutions in the AI Cloud sector. The collaboration aims to drive forward the adoption of multi-tenant GPU instances, ensuring robust and isolated environments for diverse AI workloads.”
Sriram Rupanagunta, Co-founder and SVP of Engineering at Aarna.ml added, “This investment will strengthen our commitment to delivering the most advanced GPU Cloud Management Software in the market. We are eager to explore the new opportunities this partnership presents.”
Aarna.ml was founded in 2018 and is based in San Jose, California, and Bengaluru India. Aarna’s founders, Amar and Sriram, were founders at a 10GbE DPU startup called Aarohi Communications (acquired by Emulex) and the core team’s expertise is in host-based technologies and cloud computing.
Aarna.ml enables GPU-as-a-service providers and NVIDIA Cloud Partners (NCP) to offer hyper scaler-grade multi-tenant GPU instances with full isolation while leveraging a common underlying GPU pool. This new funding will help Aarna extend its platform to the GPU reference architectures that include high-speed networks and storage. The company lists Tigo, LGE, Equinix, Keysight, CableLabs, and CapGemini Engineering as its customers.
