Venice AI Reaches $100 Million Run Rate, Praised as a Privacy-Focused Model Provider
Daniel Jeffries and Sam Sherrington discuss Venice AI, founded by Erik Voorhees, noting its estimated $100 million run rate. Jeffries praises the platform for hosting open-source models and providing privacy ratings, comparing it to an open VPN for models.
personDaniel JeffriespersonSam SherringtonpersonErik VoorheescompanyVenice AI
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“They've moved to, I think, the last time I saw something like a $100 million run rate.”
Daniel Jeffries
“I'd say it's open VPN-ish for models, right? And, you know, I think they're doing God's work.”
Daniel Jeffries
Heard on The TWIML AI Podcast — “The Brutal Reality of Building Agentic Products Today with Daniel Jeffries - #782”, published Wednesday, October 28, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.