aid: inference
name: Inference
description: 'Inference (inference.net) is an AI infrastructure platform for AI-native
  teams. It offers an OpenAI-compatible inference API for open-source, frontier, and
  custom fine-tuned language models, alongside Catalyst — its observability, tracing,
  evaluation, training, and deployment platform. Developers call chat completions,
  batch/async inference, function calling, structured outputs, and vision endpoints
  at https://api.inference.net/v1 using a Bearer API key; route and monitor traffic
  through the Catalyst Gateway; fine-tune and deploy custom models; and optimize agents
  end to end with HALO. The platform ships a first-party CLI (inf), a hosted MCP server,
  and webhooks for asynchronous inference. Backed by Multicoin Capital.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/inference/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- multicoin-capital
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enrichment-pipeline
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://inference.net/og/home.png
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine Learning
- LLM
- Inference
- Observability
- Model Training
- Model Deployment
- MCP
- Crypto Web3
apis:
- name: Inference.net API
  description: 'OpenAI-compatible inference API for open-source, frontier, and custom
    language models — chat completions, batch/async inference, function calling, structured
    outputs, and vision — authenticated with a Bearer API key.'
  humanURL: https://docs.inference.net/api/api-quickstart
  baseURL: https://api.inference.net/v1
  tags:
  - LLM
  - Inference
  - OpenAI Compatible
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.inference.net
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.inference.net/api/api-quickstart
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.inference.net/reference/api-keys
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/inference-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://inference.net
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.inference.net
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.inference.net
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.inference.net/api/api-quickstart
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.inference.net/api/api-quickstart
- type: Blog
  url: https://inference.net/blog
- type: Pricing
  url: https://inference.net/pricing
- type: SignUp
  url: https://inference.net/register
- type: Login
  url: https://inference.net/signin
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://inference.net/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://inference.net/privacy-policy
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/context-labs
- type: TrustCenter
  url: https://trust.inference.net
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/inference-authentication.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/inference-rate-limits.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/inference-plans.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/inference-mcp.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/inference-cli.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/inference-packages.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/inference-conventions.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/inference-lifecycle.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/inference-webhooks.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/inference-conformance.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/inference-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence