Fondo · Feb 2026
Independent coverage of Moonshine’s video-understanding API launch and startup credits offer.
Building software to understanding the world with a camera
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Moonshine is a small San Francisco startup founded in 2024 and backed by Y Combinator. Its current public site presents the product as a usage-based platform for autonomously deploying machine-learning models to serverless GPU-backed API endpoints, though earlier company posts describe a video-understanding API product, so public materials show some product evolution.
Primary product
Autonomous deployment of ML models to serverless GPU-backed API endpoints
Founded
2024
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
AI infrastructure / model deployment
Offices
0 jobs at Moonshine
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Business model
Stage
Pre-Seed
Total raised
$500K
Latest round
Pre-Seed · Dec 2024
Latest amount
$500K
Dec 2024 · Y Combinator
Investors
Public materials suggest a very small, fast-moving, product-led team focused on developer tooling and rapid iteration.
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
A YC job posting advertises $80K-$250K salary plus 0.50%-1.50% equity for a full-time San Francisco role; the posting says US citizens or valid visa holders only.
Pricing
Usage-based pricing with contact-sales onboarding
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Estimated revenue
≈$550K estimated annual revenue (2025 estimate)
Estimated monthly visits
781
Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026
Fondo · Feb 2026
Independent coverage of Moonshine’s video-understanding API launch and startup credits offer.
Moonshine blog · Mar 2025
Added subindexes, chat/UI improvements including JSON schema enforcement, and multi-VLM support.
Moonshine blog · Feb 2025
Introduced beta real-time streaming capabilities, a Stream class, sub-100ms real-time actions, and new billing tiers.
Moonshine blog · Jan 2025
Added remote video uploads, longer prompts, an embeddings viewer, and improved observability/analytics.
Moonshine blog · Dec 2024
Announced Moonshine’s developer APIs for video understanding, including searchable indexes, natural-language queries, and startup credits.