# Tuhin Srivastava

> Tuhin Srivastava is the San Francisco-based CEO and co-founder of Baseten, an AI inference infrastructure company founded in 2019. A former Gumroad data scientist and Shape co-founder, he has focused on the engineering work that turns models into usable products. Baseten narrowed its early product suite around inference, announced a $1.5 billion Series F at a $13 billion valuation in June 2026, and acquired agent infrastructure company Blaxel in September 2026.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-founder at Baseten
- **Organizations:** Baseten, Shape, Gumroad, South Park Commons, Macquarie Bank
- **Education:** Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California
- **Known for:** Co-founded Baseten in 2019 and serves as CEO., Previously co-founded Shape, acquired by Reflektive., Led Baseten as it narrowed its product suite around model deployment and inference.

## Career timeline

- **2009-2011** — Worked as an investment banker at Macquarie Bank, according to his public Wellfound profile.
- **2012** — Joined Gumroad as a data scientist; worked on machine-learning applications for fraud and abuse.
- **—** — Co-founded Shape with Philip Howes; Shape was acquired by Reflektive.
- **2019** — Joined South Park Commons with Howes and co-founded Baseten.
- **2022-2023** — Growing demand for generative AI prompted Baseten to narrow its product around deployment and inference.
- **2025** — Baseten announced $75 million Series C and $150 million Series D rounds.
- **2026** — Baseten announced Series E and Series F funding, introduced Loops, and acquired Blaxel.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Baseten in 2019 and serves as CEO.
- Previously co-founded Shape, acquired by Reflektive.
- Led Baseten as it narrowed its product suite around model deployment and inference.
- Baseten announced a $1.5 billion Series F at a $13 billion valuation on June 22, 2026.
- Baseten reported 20x revenue growth and 40x inference-volume growth over the preceding year in its June 2026 announcement.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Co-authored the September 10 announcement that Blaxel was joining Baseten, extending its infrastructure into agent execution.
- **2026-06** — Co-authored Baseten’s June 22 announcement of a $1.5 billion Series F at a $13 billion valuation.
- **2026-05** — Baseten introduced Loops, a post-training SDK connecting training and production inference.
- **2026-01** — Baseten’s January 23 announcement reported a $300 million Series E at a $5 billion valuation.

## Links

- Website: https://www.baseten.co/author/tuhin-srivastava/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tuhin-srivastava-60601114/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/tuhinone
- GitHub: https://github.com/tuhins
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tuhinsrivastava

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Last updated: 2026-10-11