Runpod CEO Zhen Lu announced $100M Series A led by Summit Partners and 1M+ developer milestone (June 24, 2026). Platform covers full AI lifecycle: experiment → train → fine-tune → inference → multi-node scaling.
Serverless inference: 20B+ requests processed. Capital targets platform investment, engineering, developer relations, global access expansion.
Positioning: developers need infrastructure that keeps pace with AI velocity without platform switching from experiment to production.