According to CoinMeta, artificial intelligence inference company Baseten has launched a new round of financing worth $2 billion, with a valuation of up to $30 billion. Sands Capital is expected to lead the investment. Baseten was founded in 2019 and completed a $1.5 billion financing round in June this year with a valuation of $13 billion. Its competitor, Fireworks AI, completed a $1.5 billion financing round in July this year with a valuation of $17.5 billion. NVIDIA invested $150 million in Baseten back in January of this year.