Mirai Secures $10 Million Seed Funding Led By Uncork Capital For On-Device AI Infrastructure

London-based startup Mirai has raised $10 million in a seed round led by Uncork Capital to advance its on-device AI infrastructure for smartphones and laptops. This funding will enable the company to enhance its capabilities across text, voice, and vision modalities, and extend platform support to Android.

Summary of transaction details:

• Deal Type: Seed
• Transaction Amount: $10,000,000
• Founders: Dima Shvets, Alexey Moiseenkov
• Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
• Notable Investors: Uncork Capital, Sarah Smith Fund, Garuda Ventures, I2BF Global Ventures, Theory Forge Ventures, Mati Staniszewski, Marcin Żukowski, Gokul Rajaram, Francois Chaubard

Mirai was founded by Dima Shvets, who is a co-founder of Reface, and Alexey Moiseenkov, a co-founder of Prisma. The company has developed a proprietary inference engine for Apple Silicon that enhances model generation speed by up to 37% and prefill by up to 59%, while maintaining output quality.