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Cactus

Cactus

Private
San Francisco, CaliforniaAI, Data & Cloud Infrastructurehttps://cactuscompute.com/

Last Round

Seed

Sep 2, 2025

Total Funding Raised

$1M

Momentum

Top 50%

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Company Overview

Cactus is a developer tools company that provides an open-source, cross-platform inference engine for deploying AI models locally and privately on smartphones, wearables, and edge devices.

Sector

AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure

Verticals

Edge Computing, ML Platforms, NLP & Conversational AI

Business Model

B2B

Customer Profile

Subscription SaaS, Usage-Based SaaS

AI Layer

Infrastructure

Keywords

on-device AIedge AIinference enginelocal LLMhybrid AIAI infrastructuremobile AIprivacy-focused AIAI SDKoffline AIsmall language modelSLMneural processing unitNPUtinyML

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Cactus Comparables

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Cactus Funding Rounds

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RoundDateAmount RaisedValuationInvestorsSources
SeedSep 2, 2025
Pre SeedJul 1, 2025

Key People

Founding team and executive leadership

Roman Shemet

Founder, CEO

Founding Team

Cactus Investors

Notable investors and investment history

Cactus investors
InvestorRounds
Google for StartupsPre Seed
Y CombinatorPre Seed
Oxford Seed FundPre Seed

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  • May 15, 2026

    Monthly visitors increased 88% MoM, reaching 17.8K.

  • Mar 17, 2026

    Grew 158% QoQ, from 12 to 31 employees.

Recent news

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  • launchesAug 17, 2026

    Cactus Compute launches 14MB tool-calling model for tiny devices.

  • launchesAug 14, 2026

    Cactus Compute launched Needle 2 on Aug 13th '26.

Cactus Filings

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Is Cactus a public or private company?

Cactus is a private company.

What is the current stock price of Cactus?

Cactus is a private company with no public stock price. No recent secondary market data is available.

How much is Cactus worth (valuation)?

Valuation information for Cactus is not publicly available.

Can I buy Cactus stock?

Cactus shares may be available on secondary markets subject to transfer restrictions. Caplight facilitates secondary market transactions for accredited investors. Visit https://www.caplight.com to learn more.

When was Cactus's last funding round?

Cactus's most recent funding round was Accelerator on July 1, 2025.

Who are the main investors in Cactus?

Key investors in Cactus include Y Combinator.

Will Cactus IPO soon?

No public IPO plans have been announced for Cactus.

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
Employee Range25
Year Founded2025
Last FundingSep 2, 2025

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