# Modal Labs Expands to London, Opening 40-Person Office at Marble Arch

> Modal Labs, the New York infrastructure startup that rents out fast compute for running AI models, is planting a flag in Europe. Its new office near Marble Arch in London has room for up to 40 people and should be fully staffed by early September. The company specializes in inference, the unglamorous but increasingly expensive business of actually serving a trained model to users at scale. The move puts Modal in familiar company: OpenAI, Anthropic, Cursor, and Cohere have all opened London outposts as the city cements itself as the continent's AI hub. Modal arrives with momentum, having raised $355M in May at a $4.65B valuation in a round led by Redpoint and General Catalyst. The AI story is usually told through models, but the quieter contest is over who runs them cheaply and reliably. A well-funded inference specialist expanding abroad is a sign that the plumbing layer of AI is maturing into its own market, and that European demand for it is real enough to justify boots on the ground.

_Section: [Daily AI Updates](https://www.wortins.com/daily-ai) · Source: Tech.eu · Published Monday, August 10, 2026_

## Wortins' read

Modal Labs, the New York infrastructure startup that rents out fast compute for running AI models, is planting a flag in Europe. Its new office near Marble Arch in London has room for up to 40 people and should be fully staffed by early September. The company specializes in inference, the unglamorous but increasingly expensive business of actually serving a trained model to users at scale. The move puts Modal in familiar company: OpenAI, Anthropic, Cursor, and Cohere have all opened London outposts as the city cements itself as the continent's AI hub. Modal arrives with momentum, having raised $355M in May at a $4.65B valuation in a round led by Redpoint and General Catalyst. The AI story is usually told through models, but the quieter contest is over who runs them cheaply and reliably. A well-funded inference specialist expanding abroad is a sign that the plumbing layer of AI is maturing into its own market, and that European demand for it is real enough to justify boots on the ground.

## Source

[Read the full story at Tech.eu](https://tech.eu/2026/08/06/new-york-headquartered-ai-startup-modal-labs-to-open-london-office/)

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