Mount Thor, a San Francisco-based provider of cloud infrastructure for AI, has raised $45 million in combined Seed and Series A funding. The company offers a managed platform for Apple hardware, enabling AI workloads on macOS and Apple silicon. This funding reflects growing investor interest in specialized infrastructure for AI development, particularly for autonomous systems.
The funding rounds were led by CRV and Conviction for the Series A, with Chad Byers and Offline Ventures co-leading the Seed round. Other investors included CSC Leasing, Enea Capital, Long Journey Ventures, and Upper90. Notably, strategic angel investors from companies like Cognition, Core Automation, Daytona, Meta, and OpenAI also participated. Additionally, investors from Together AI and Vercel joined both rounds, and Mount Thor secured non-dilutive funding for hardware purchases.
Apple Silicon for AI Workloads
Mount Thor’s platform designs, operates, and manages rack-scale systems within data centers, providing customers with on-demand access to computing resources for remoting macOS and Apple silicon. This infrastructure supports AI research, software testing, and model inference. By leveraging Apple’s ecosystem, the platform enables developers to create secure environments for autonomous agents and reinforcement learning, addressing the increasing complexity of AI tasks that require familiar software systems.
Expanding Infrastructure and Services
With the new funding, Mount Thor plans to expand its data center footprint and establish an inference lab for open-source models tailored to Apple silicon. This will cater to both local and cloud workloads, offering an alternative to traditional GPU-based cloud environments. The inference lab will focus on optimizing models for Apple silicon, ensuring efficient performance for both research and enterprise applications.
The company’s first data center, launched last week, was deployed in under six months. Its elastic Apple silicon fleet is hosted by Tier 1 colocation providers across major US metro markets. Mount Thor’s team brings experience from traditional computing infrastructure firms, positioning the company to meet the evolving needs of AI development. This expertise ensures seamless integration with existing workflows, making it easier for enterprises to adopt AI solutions.
Meeting Growing AI Demands
Mount Thor’s services cater to research organizations, enterprise customers, and applied AI firms. The platform provides secure agent sandboxes for evaluating AI capabilities in macOS and enables software developers to build and emulate Apple applications remotely. This flexibility supports a wide range of use cases, from academic research to commercial product development, ensuring scalability and security.