Catalog Systems Inference platforms & gateways Replicate

Replicate

https://replicate.com/

Hosted-API platform for OSS models, part of Cloudflare since 2025-12-01 (still runs as a distinct brand) — Cog format packages models with their environment; thousands of community models behind a single REST API.

Acquired. acquired by Cloudflare Source

Acquired · Verified 2026-10-27 · fresh as of 2026-10-27 · 22 cited facts, 4 with a third-party source · 1 recorded change · Suggest a correction

At a glance

Type
Model-as-API inference cloud vendor fix
Tier
T1
Section
Inference platforms & gateways
Created
2019 vendor fix
Latest release
v0.23.1 (2026-10-20) — cog registry fix
License
proprietary; Cog Apache-2.0 repo fix
GitHub
replicate/cog — ~9.5k stars, last commit 2026-10 repo fix
Pricing
searched not found fix
Funding
$57M total raised through Series B 2024-02 ($40M, a16z led); acquired by Cloudflare (announced 2025-11-17, closed 2025-12-01). third-party fix
Freshness
2026-10-27 fix
Layer
model-infra repo fix
Licensing
commercial repo fix
Deployment locus
cloud vendor fix
Platform vs product
platform vendor fix
Accelerator
yc-w20 third-party fix
SDK languages
go, python, rest, swift, typescript vendor fix
Protocols
mcp-server vendor fix
Developer activity
OpenRank 3.52 (12-mo avg 6.21) · 11 participants — 2026-09 third-party fix

When to use

Optimised for: searched not found

Anti-fit: searched not found

Pros & cons

Pros

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Cons

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Claims & capabilities

$40M Series B 2024-04 led by a16z; ~80k models hosted.

Technical surface

API surface
REST API, Python SDK, Cog CLI
Backend storage
not applicable — not a memory product
Deployment
Managed-only — hosted API (Cog is OSS for packaging models)
Embedding model
not applicable — not a memory product
Multi-tenancy
searched not found
MCP
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A2A
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OpenTelemetry
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  • vLLM T1

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  • Portkey AI T2

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Sources (21 cited facts, 4 third-party)

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What changed

Changes to this record's lifecycle, licence, release, pricing and hosting facts, from the catalog's git history. Subscribe (Atom)

  1. 2026-10-27
    • License first recorded as “proprietary; Cog Apache-2.0” source
    • Latest release first recorded as “v0.23.1 (2026-10-20) — cog” source
    • Funding / ownership “$57M total raised through Series B 2024-02 ($40M, a16z led; $350M valuation).” → “$57M total raised through Series B 2024-02 ($40M, a16z led); acquired by Cloudflare (announced 2025-11-17, closed 2025-12-01).” source
    • Deployment first recorded as “Managed-only — hosted API (Cog is OSS for packaging models)” source
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Related systems

Referenced by (12)

  • Bifrost (Maxim AI) integrates with — Bifrost supported-providers docs have a provider page for Replicate. (verified 2026-10-29)
  • Braintrust integrates with — Braintrust docs have a Replicate integration page. (verified 2026-10-29)
  • Cloudflare AI Gateway integrates with — Cloudflare AI Gateway docs have a Replicate provider page. (verified 2026-10-29)
  • LangChain (framework) integrates with — LangChain docs have a Replicate integration provider page (Cloud platform for running ML models). (verified 2026-10-29)
  • LiteLLM integrates with — LiteLLM docs have a Replicate provider page. (verified 2026-10-29)
  • LlamaIndex (framework) integrates with — LlamaIndex has an official LLM integration package llama-index-llms-replicate in its repo. (verified 2026-10-29)
  • OpenLLMetry (Traceloop) integrates with — OpenLLMetry's What's Supported page lists Replicate as instrumented out of the box. (verified 2026-10-29)
  • Phidata (now Agno) integrates with — Agno ships a replicate toolkit (agno.tools.replicate). (verified 2026-10-29)
  • Pipecat (Daily) integrates with — Pipecat docs have a Replicate service page. (verified 2026-10-29)
  • Portkey AI integrates with — Portkey docs have a Replicate LLM provider integration page. (verified 2026-10-29)
  • Vercel AI SDK integrates with — AI SDK docs have a Replicate official AI SDK provider page. (verified 2026-10-29)
  • Weaviate integrates with — Weaviate's integrations / model-provider docs list Replicate as an integration. (verified 2026-10-29)