Inference serving · five companies · 2026

Anyscale maps 489 current profiles. Groq maps 1 open job.
Mapped current profiles versus mapped open jobs at five inference-serving companies

As of August 23, 2026, 10:15 p.m. PT (8/23), Anyscale maps 489 current profiles. Groq maps 1 open job.

Report date 2026-08-23 Published by Metix AI Coverage 5 companies · 1,508 mapped current · 280 mapped open jobs
Executive Summary

01Anyscale 489 current versus Groq 1 open job

The citeable contrast is Anyscale's 489 mapped current profiles versus Groq's 1 mapped open job. OpenAI, Anthropic, and Cerebras are not in this table.

489
Anyscale mapped current
thickest bench in this table
1
Groq mapped open jobs
thinnest non-zero job book
1,508
mapped current profiles, sum
five companies added
166
Baseten mapped open jobs
thickest job book in this table
The thickest bench is not the thickest job book

Mapped current: Anyscale 489, Groq 393, Together AI 280. Mapped open jobs: Baseten 166, Together AI 52, Fireworks AI 47. The two rankings are not the same board.

489-to-1 is the citeable contrast

Anyscale's 489 mapped current profiles versus Groq's 1 mapped open job is the citeable contrast. Groq's own mapped current count is 393; its mapped open-job count is still 1. This is not a valuation and not search volume.

Baseten's job book is the thickest

Baseten maps 189 current profiles and 166 open jobs. Among these five, that is the closest pair of bench and job book at the same order of magnitude. Groq is the other pole: 393 versus 1.

Together, Groq, and Anyscale names can collide

Together AI, Groq, and Anyscale names can collide, so these figures are not a single legal entity's headcount. Fireworks AI and Baseten names are cleaner.

About this report.This is a Metix-mapped comparison on five inference-serving companies, not official global headcount. The full mapped list and a custom map on the same methodology can be requested through the list form.
Anyscale 489 mapped current versus Groq 1 mapped open job
Groq
393mapped current
vs
1mapped open jobs
Anyscale
489mapped current
vs
14mapped open jobs
Baseten
189mapped current
vs
166mapped open jobs
Fireworks AI
157mapped current
vs
47mapped open jobs
Groq 393 versus 1, Baseten 189 versus 166: the two poles on the same five-name table. Together AI is 280 versus 52.
Five-Name Sums

02The five-name sums are 1,508 current and 280 jobs

The composition figure uses only the given sums: mapped current 1,508, mapped open jobs 280. Segment width = this row / that sum. The table below is the citeable source.

Composition of the five-name sums: 1,508 mapped current and 280 mapped open jobs. Segment width = this row / that sum. Source: Metix AI.
How to read this.Anyscale 489 versus 14 and Groq 393 versus 1 make long lines. Baseten 189 versus 166 sits almost end-to-end. These numbers describe profiles and jobs Metix maps to these company names. They do not extrapolate to “how many people work in inference serving.”
Closest Pair

03Baseten 166 jobs sits next to 189 current

Two columns per company, sharing this table's max current height of 489. Baseten's pair is the closest; Groq's open-job column is 1.

mapped currentmapped open jobs
157
47
Fireworks AI
280
52
Together AI
393
1
Groq
189
166
Baseten
489
14
Anyscale
Paired columns: left is mapped current, right is mapped open jobs. Height is shared against this table's max current, 489. Source: Metix AI.
How to read this.Baseten 166 is the thickest job book in this table. Groq's 1 is not a missing-data flag; it is the real count in that row. Anyscale maps 489 current profiles and 14 open jobs — thick bench, thin job book.
Long Line

04Groq 393 versus 1 is the long line

Groq 393 versus 1 and Anyscale 489 versus 14 sit on one line each (8/23). This figure is the current-to-jobs pair, not a second five-name dump.

mapped currentmapped open jobs
Anyscale
14 489
Groq
1 393
Together AI
52 280
Baseten
166 189
Fireworks AI
47 157
One line per company: the ends are mapped current and mapped open jobs. Scale is this table's max current, 489. Source: Metix AI.
Company Mapped current Mapped open jobs
Fireworks AI15747
Together AI28052
Groq3931
Baseten189166
Anyscale48914
Sum1,508280
Sums are the five rows added. Figures are mapped counts, not official headcount. This table is the citeable source.
Serving Names

05Fireworks AI through Anyscale, name by name

The notes below only restate the current and open-job columns. No valuations, financings, or off-table company counts are added.

Anyscale

Mapped current 489, mapped open jobs 14. Thickest bench in this table; the job book is only 14. The company name can collide.

Groq

Mapped current 393, mapped open jobs 1. Second-thickest bench; the job book is the thinnest non-zero row in this table. The company name can collide.

Together AI

Mapped current 280, mapped open jobs 52. Third on the bench, second on the job book. The company name can collide.

Baseten

Mapped current 189, mapped open jobs 166. Thickest job book, and at the same order of magnitude as the bench.

Fireworks AI

Mapped current 157, mapped open jobs 47. Thinnest bench in this table; the job book 47 sits below Together AI's 52.

Serving names not in this table

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Cerebras are not inference-serving rows in this table.

Mapping Method

06How these inference-serving counts were mapped

Current-profile method

The figures are profiles Metix maps as currently employed at that company name, not official global headcount.

Open-job method

The figures are visible open jobs Metix maps to that company name — a floor, not every posting on earth.

Name collision

Together AI, Groq, and Anyscale names can collide. Fireworks AI and Baseten names are cleaner.

As-of and source

As of August 23, 2026, 10:15 p.m. PT (8/23). Source: Metix AI. This page does not invent valuations, search volume, or company counts outside this table.

Limits.These figures are visible floors. The sums 1,508 and 280 are the five rows added. Zeros stay zeros. The full mapped list is a separate request; this page shows no personal information.
FAQ

Questions this report answers

What is the Anyscale 489 versus Groq 1 contrast?
As of August 23, 2026, 10:15 p.m. PT, Anyscale maps 489 current profiles and Groq maps 1 open job. Across five companies the figures sum to 1,508 mapped current profiles and 280 mapped open jobs. These are Metix-mapped counts, not official headcount.
Which five inference-serving names sit on this table?
Fireworks AI, Together AI, Groq, Baseten, and Anyscale. OpenAI, Anthropic, and Cerebras are not in this table.
Why is Baseten 166 next to 189 the closest pair here?
Baseten maps 166 open jobs against 189 current profiles. Together AI, Groq, and Anyscale names can collide, so these figures are not a single legal entity's headcount. Zeros stay zeros. Request the list or a custom map for the same five companies.
How should the 489-to-1 inference-serving map be cited?
Metix AI Talent Intelligence, 2026-08-23. Inference-Serving Talent Map 2026 | Metix AI. https://metix.ai/reports/series/inference-serving-talent-2026

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The same methodology can export mapped current profiles and mapped open jobs for Fireworks AI, Together AI, Groq, Baseten, and Anyscale, or rerun a custom map on your target companies. The list form is the primary path.

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Methodology: companies are Fireworks AI, Together AI, Groq, Baseten, Anyscale. Figures are Metix-mapped current profiles and mapped open jobs, not official headcount. Together / Groq / Anyscale names can collide. Zeros stay zeros. As of August 23, 2026, 10:15 p.m. PT (8/23). Source: Metix AI.
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