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Base

software
Last discussed Oct 4, 2026

Consumer social app by Coinbase that enables creators to earn and be valued using crypto.

How Base compares

3 creators weighed in
AI model inference platform

Creators grouped both as open-source AI inference providers, not comparing them as product alternatives.

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3 creators
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Gavin Baker

"These open-source inference clouds that monetize inference here in America — Fireworks, Base10, Modal, Together — the picture looks very different when you see that."

Mentioned alongside Fireworks, Modal, and Together as inference cloud providers

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Rory O'Driscoll

"People like Fireworks and Base10 — they and Fal — they all make their money offering a variety of these open-weight models to third-party developers and enterprises that want to use open source models to do AI."

Grouped with Fireworks AI, Fal, and Together AI as inference providers benefiting from open-weight model trend

Emad Mostaque

"Others like Modal at $10 billion, Base10 at $10 billion. These are the inference providers of open-source models."

Named alongside Fireworks and Modal as open-source model inference providers

What creators say

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Jake Nelson
mentioned
Used for: Building the Doghouse web app

"I use Base44 to build the app. It costs me credits in my Base44 account and so I need to know how much credits that single user is using."

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Harry Stebbings
mentioned

"Base44 really saving Wix, hitting over 200 million. Stock up 100%."

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"You're essentially getting the core business for free there. When you look at Base 44 at 150 million of ARR and you look at them Rapid being priced..."

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Mackenzie Burnett
mentioned
Used for: Building custom apps that pull context from Ambrook via MCP

"We have customers now that are rolling their own — with Lovable or Base44 or something — rolling their own apps for like hunting bookings for one of our Texas ranchers."

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Gavin Baker
mentioned
Used for: Open-source model inference vs: Mentioned alongside Fireworks, Modal, and Together as inference cloud providers

"These open-source inference clouds that monetize inference here in America — Fireworks, Base10, Modal, Together — the picture looks very different when you see that."

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Rory O'Driscoll
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Used for: Serving open-weight models to developers and enterprises for AI inference vs: Grouped with Fireworks AI, Fal, and Together AI as inference providers benefi...

"People like Fireworks and Base10 — they and Fal — they all make their money offering a variety of these open-weight models to third-party developers and enterprises that want to use open source models to do AI."

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Emad Mostaque
mentioned
vs: Named alongside Fireworks and Modal as open-source model inference providers

"Others like Modal at $10 billion, Base10 at $10 billion. These are the inference providers of open-source models."

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Avishai Abrahami
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Used for: Vibe-coding platform for building custom apps and business management tools; used by Wix partners and agencies Praised: Rapid growth to $150M+ ARR, strong out-of-the-box functionality, trained own ... vs: Compared to Lovable, Replit, and Claude Code as vibe-coding competitors; desc...

"Base44 gives you a lot coming out of the box, so you can do way more with it. We encourage our partners and agencies to use Base44 now. We're investing about $200 and something million into Base44. I'm a huge believer in Base44."

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John Coogan
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Praised: Inference cloud, renting compute from 20 different clouds, 90 different regions

"Our next guest is from Base 10. He's the co-founder. We announced a Series F, about a billion and a half dollars."

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Adeyemi Ajao
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Used for: Investing in automation and AI applications across industries Praised: Early focus on applied AI, strong track record vs: Started calling it applied AI in 2018 when LPs said it wasn't a thing

"We raised $850 million, $2.6 billion in assets. We invest in automation for the real economy, what we used to call applied AI for the real economy."

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Chintan Turakhia
mentioned

"We are building the base app. It used to be known as Coinbase wallet. And I think by the time that when this episode airs, it will be live to the general public."

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Chris Koerner
critical

"Yeah, you would need to get it off of Base44. That's one tip."

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