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February 19, 2026
Co-founders behind Reface and Prisma join hands to improve on-device model inference with Mirai
Mirai raised a $10 million seed to improve how AI models run on devices like smartphones and laptops.

TL;DR
- Mirai, founded by Dima Shvets and Alexey Moiseenkov, focuses on improving on-device AI inference for phones and laptops.
- The company raised $10 million in seed funding, led by Uncork Capital.
- Mirai is developing a framework and an inference engine for Apple Silicon, claiming up to a 37% increase in generation speed.
- The goal is to provide developers with a simple integration experience for on-device AI capabilities.
- Future plans include support for Android, vision modalities, and an orchestration layer for hybrid cloud-device operations.
- The economics of cloud inference are cited as a driving factor for the need for on-device AI solutions.
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