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Exla

Winter 2025 · Active

An SDK to run transformer models anywhere

Founded: 2025

Team size: 0

About

Exla aggressively quantizes AI models to minimize memory usage and maximize inference speed. Whether you're deploying LLMs, VLMs, VLAs, or custom models, Exla reduces memory footprint by up to 80% and accelerates inference by 3–20x - all with just a few lines of code. https://cal.com/exla-ai/schedule

Founders

  • Pranav NairCo-Founder

    CTO at Exla. Previously a kernel engineer at Apple leading sleep/hibernation for all Apple devices. B.S. Computer Science from Purdue.

  • Viraat DasFounder

    CEO @ Exla. Previously machine learning engineer @ Amazon.