Scaling DevTools Baseten CEO and co-founder Tuhin Srivastava on inference and feedback loops
8 snips
Nov 14, 2025 Tuhin Srivastava is the CEO and co-founder of Baseten, an innovative inference platform for scaling AI applications. He shares the company's impressive journey, from its humble beginnings to raising $150M in Series D funding. Tuhin dives into the importance of robust inference infrastructure, the market shifts that drove rapid growth, and the vital role of quick customer feedback loops in product development. He emphasizes the need for an optimal developer experience and reveals key insights for early-stage DevTools founders.
AI Snips
Chapters
Transcript
Episode notes
Slow Build, Rapid Scale
- Tuhin started Baseten in 2019 and spent years building primitives before the market demand exploded in 2023.
- The team stayed small (~10–20 people) for three years and scaled rapidly in the last 18 months.
Product Focus Shift
- Baseten originally built three components: app builder, model deployment, and serverless code.
- They later killed two and focused deeply on deployment, then rebuilt serverless-style execution for LLMs.
Shorten Customer Feedback Loops
- Kill feedback loops between your team and customers to move fast.
- Embed engineers with customers so shipping, feedback, and iteration cycles shrink dramatically.