BasedAI makes open source AI enterprise-ready by removing the barriers between businesses and powerful, affordable LLM inference. The platform enables teams to ship faster, spend less, and maintain full ownership of their AI stack, with a focus on data sovereignty and transparency. Its Kohai product delivers AI employees that produce tangible business outcomes.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Enterprises face significant barriers when adopting open source AI, including complex infrastructure requirements, high operational costs, and concerns about data control and security. Many organizations default to closed-source models due to perceived reliability and support gaps, limiting their flexibility and long-term cost efficiency.
Solution
BasedAI provides an enterprise-ready platform that makes open source AI models accessible, affordable, and practical for business deployment. The platform removes technical and operational barriers, allowing teams to integrate powerful open source LLM inference into their workflows without extensive in-house expertise. BasedAI emphasizes data sovereignty, ensuring that customer data remains under their control while delivering performance comparable to closed alternatives. The platform includes Kohai, a suite of AI employees designed to automate workflows and deliver measurable business outcomes, enabling organizations to move from experimentation to production faster.
Target Audience
Primary customers are enterprises and mid-sized businesses seeking to adopt open source AI for production workloads while maintaining data control and reducing inference costs.
Features
- Enterprise-grade infrastructure for deploying and scaling open source LLM inference
- Data sovereignty controls that keep customer data within their own infrastructure
- Kohai AI employee suite that automates tasks and delivers measurable business outcomes
- Cost-efficient inference compared to closed-source alternatives
- Transparent model stack with full customization and control over AI deployments