haimaker

Name

haimaker

Legal name

haimaker, Inc.

Website

https://haimaker.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Infrastructure / LLM API Gateway

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

LLMOps & Generative AI Platforms (Prompt/Agent Orchestration, RAG) (HDAEANAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs) (HDAEANAJ), Prompt Engineering, Orchestration & LLMOps Tooling (HDAAACAD), Model Hosting, Serving & Inference Platforms (HDAAACAB), API Gateway & Application Gateway (L7 Routing/Policy) (HDAFAHAH)

Keywords

• AI API gateway
• LLM orchestration
• Sovereign AI infrastructure
• GPU compute services
• AI model routing

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. API Usage Billing: Pay-as-you-go billing based on token usage. Prices are passed through from upstream providers without markup on major models. Users pay per million input and output tokens based on published per-token rates.
2. GPU Compute Services: Provides GPU instances, GPU clusters, and managed Kubernetes for customers needing dedicated or sovereign AI infrastructure. Offered as part of the compute platform alongside the API gateway.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

haimaker provides a unified OpenAI-compatible API gateway (https://api.haimaker.ai/v1) that aggregates 200+ LLM models from 53+ providers behind a single endpoint, enabling developers to switch models without changing code and to leverage automatic routing for cost optimization. The platform also delivers a compute suite (GPU Instances, GPU Clusters, Managed Kubernetes) plus Dedicated Endpoints and Batch Inference, and a Sovereign AI layer offering data residency and compliance for governments and regulated enterprises.

Product overview

haimaker is an AI API gateway platform that provides unified access to 300+ LLM models from 53+ providers (including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, Meta, Mistral, Qwen, xAI, Cohere, Kimi, MiniMax, and Xiaomi) through a single OpenAI-compatible endpoint. The product portfolio consists of the core Model API (unified gateway), Dedicated Endpoints (dedicated infrastructure), Batch Inference (high-volume processing), and a COMPUTE suite (GPU Instances, GPU Clusters, Managed Kubernetes). The Sovereign AI layer provides data residency and compliance features for governments and regulated industries. Key differentiators include auto-routing for cost optimization, one-line integration using existing OpenAI SDKs, zero lock-in, competitive pricing with no markup on major models, and automatic compliance handling.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Model API Unified OpenAI-compatible API gateway providing access to 300+ LLM models from 53+ providers through a single endpoint (https://api.haimaker.ai/v1). Developers can switch between models without changing code using the same OpenAI SDK, and use the haimaker/auto model for automatic routing.
• Dedicated Endpoints Dedicated infrastructure endpoints for users who need guaranteed capacity and consistent performance for specific models beyond shared API access.
• Batch Inference High-volume batch processing service for running inference on large datasets at reduced costs, designed for offline processing workflows.
• GPU Instances On-demand GPU compute instances for running AI workloads, part of the COMPUTE offerings for developers needing direct GPU access.
• GPU Clusters Clustered GPU infrastructure for large-scale AI training and inference workloads requiring multiple interconnected GPUs.
• Managed Kubernetes Managed Kubernetes service for orchestrating containerized AI workloads on GPU infrastructure, simplifying deployment and scaling.
• Sovereign AI Data residency and compliance infrastructure for governments and enterprises requiring AI workloads to remain within specific jurisdictions, enabling certification and governance of AI workloads with full data control.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2.0× cheaper input tokens for Gemini 2.5 Pro vs GPT 5.4
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability8 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• OpenAIcoreTechnology or IntegrationOpenAI is a core technology provider. haimaker provides unified API access to OpenAI models (GPT-5 series, GPT-4, o1, o3, etc.) alongside other providers through the OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Users can route to OpenAI models through haimaker's platform.
• AnthropiccoreTechnology or IntegrationAnthropic is a core technology provider. haimaker provides unified API access to Anthropic Claude models through the OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
• GooglecoreTechnology or IntegrationGoogle is a core technology provider. haimaker provides unified API access to Google Gemini models through the OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
• Meta LlamacoreTechnology or IntegrationMeta Llama models are accessible through haimaker's unified API, including Llama 4 Scout, Llama 4 Maverick, Llama 3.3 70B, and Llama Guard models.
• DeepSeekcoreTechnology or IntegrationDeepSeek models including DeepSeek V4 Pro, DeepSeek V4 Flash, DeepSeek R1, and DeepSeek V3 are accessible through the unified API gateway.
• Qwen (Alibaba)coreTechnology or IntegrationQwen models (Qwen3 series, Qwen2.5, Qwen3 VL, Qwen3 Coder) are accessible through the platform. Qwen has the highest model count (47+) among providers on the platform.
• Mistral AIcoreTechnology or IntegrationMistral AI models including Mistral Large 3, Devstral, Ministral series, and Mixtral are accessible through the unified API.
• xAI (Grok)coreTechnology or IntegrationxAI Grok models including Grok 4.3, Grok 4.20, and Grok 4 are accessible through the platform.
• CoherecoreTechnology or IntegrationCohere models including Command R series, Command R Plus, and Command A are accessible through the unified API.
• Moonshot AI (Kimi)coreTechnology or IntegrationMoonshot AI Kimi models including Kimi K2.7, Kimi K2.6, Kimi K2.5, and Kimi K2 Thinking are accessible through the platform.
• MiniMaxcoreTechnology or IntegrationMiniMax models including MiniMax M3, M2.7, M2.5, M2.1 are accessible through the platform for cost-optimized coding agent workflows.
• NVIDIAcoreTechnology or IntegrationNVIDIA Nemotron models including Nemotron 3 Ultra, Nemotron 3 Super, and Nemotron Nano are accessible through the platform.
• OpenClawcoreTechnology or IntegrationOpenClaw is an AI coding agent with web-based config interface. Drop in haimaker key to run any of 200+ models. Setup guide available.
• Hermes Agent (Nous Research)coreTechnology or IntegrationTerminal-native coding agent from Nous Research. Add haimaker as a custom OpenAI-compatible provider in seconds.
• OpenCodecoreTechnology or IntegrationOpen-source terminal coding agent. Add haimaker with one opencode.json change to reach every model.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Fireworks AI: Fireworks AI provides fast, cost-optimized inference for 100+ open-source and proprietary models via an OpenAI-compatible API, with a focus on production-grade serving — overlapping significantly with haimaker's developer-first gateway and dedicated endpoint value proposition.
• Together AI: Together AI offers an OpenAI-compatible inference API for 100+ open-source and proprietary models, with strong emphasis on cost-efficient inference. It overlaps with haimaker's multi-model aggregation story and adds a competing GPU inference platform.
• Anyscale Endpoints: Anyscale provides a hosted LLM serving platform with an OpenAI-compatible API for open-source models, targeting developers and enterprises seeking cost-optimized inference — overlapping with haimaker's gateway and compute offerings.

Broad incumbents

• AWS Bedrock: Amazon Bedrock offers unified access to multiple foundation models from Anthropic, Cohere, Meta, Mistral, and others through a single API, with enterprise-grade security and compliance. It competes with haimaker across both developer and sovereign/regulated segments at greater scale.
• SambaNova Systems: SambaNova offers enterprise-grade AI inference platforms with proprietary chips and a model-serving API targeting governments and large enterprises. It overlaps with haimaker's sovereign/compute layer; notably, co-founder Su Le was previously CGO at SambaNova, making this a particularly relevant competitive reference.
• Google Vertex AI Model Garden: Vertex AI Model Garden aggregates 100+ first- and third-party models (Anthropic, Meta, Mistral, AI21, etc.) behind Google's enterprise cloud, with built-in compliance and data residency — directly comparable to haimaker's sovereign AI offering for regulated customers.
• Cloudflare Workers AI / AI Gateway: Cloudflare's AI Gateway provides unified multi-provider LLM routing with caching, rate limiting, and analytics as part of Cloudflare's broader edge platform. It competes with haimaker at the gateway layer with the advantage of Cloudflare's global network and enterprise customer base.

Direct peers

• LiteLLM: LiteLLM offers an open-source LLM proxy/gateway that standardizes calls across 100+ model providers via an OpenAI-compatible interface, serving developers and enterprises with similar use cases as haimaker's Model API.
• OpenRouter: OpenRouter is the most direct competitor: a unified API gateway that routes requests to 100+ LLM models from multiple providers behind a single OpenAI-compatible endpoint, with pay-as-you-go billing and zero lock-in — nearly identical positioning to haimaker's core offering.
• Portkey: Portkey provides an LLM gateway with multi-provider routing, observability, and cost optimization features for production AI applications. It directly overlaps with haimaker's gateway, auto-routing, and developer-observability positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/haimakerai
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/haimaker

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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