Facts about Munito AI, an open-model inference provider for Europe from Paris, backed by Y Combinator. What it sells, its APIs and open models, its EU and global API hosts, and its data policy.
Munito AI is an open-model inference provider for Europe, private by default. Its API lets companies choose their models and keep inference and storage in the EU.
| Fact | Munito AI |
|---|---|
| Legal name | Munito AI France, a French SAS (legal notice) |
| City | Paris, France |
| Founded | 2026 |
| Backed by | Y Combinator, Fall 2026 batch (F26) |
| Offer | Serverless inference, committed spend and dedicated endpoints |
| APIs | OpenAI Chat Completions, Responses and speech to text, Anthropic Messages, and OCR |
| Models | Open models: DeepSeek-V4-Flash, GLM-5.3-Flash, Qwen3.8-27B, Kolibri 1, Gemma 4 12B and LightOnOCR-2-1B |
| Global API host | https://api.munito.ai/inference/v1 |
| EU API host | https://api.eu.munito.ai/inference/v1 |
| US API host | https://api.us.munito.ai/inference/v1 |
| Data retention | Zero data retention by default, and no training on your data (data privacy) |
| Prices | Posted in USD, for each million tokens or each 1,000 pages (models and pricing) |
| Website | munito.ai |
The company
Munito AI France operates Munito AI and publishes its websites. It is a French SAS, registered with the RCS Paris under number 131 309 247. The legal notice gives its registered office.
Munito AI France signs with European customers and with each self-serve customer. Munito AI Inc. signs the contracts of US customers. See which company signs.
Y Combinator backs Munito AI. Munito AI is in the Fall 2026 batch (F26), as its YC company page shows.
What Munito AI sells
Munito AI sells inference on open models, in three forms:
- Serverless inference. Send requests to the shared models with an API key. Pay the posted price of each token or each page with prepaid credits. See Models and pricing.
- Committed spend. Commit to an amount of usage for volume rates, with a contract and a monthly invoice. See Committed spend.
- Dedicated endpoints. Get GPU capacity for one open model that only your organization uses, by contract. See Dedicated endpoints.
APIs
Munito AI serves the APIs below. Keep your OpenAI or Anthropic SDK, and change the base URL, the key and the model ID.
- OpenAI Chat Completions:
POST /v1/chat/completions. - OpenAI Responses:
POST /v1/responses. - OpenAI speech to text:
POST /v1/audio/transcriptions. See Speech to text. - Anthropic Messages:
POST /v1/messages. - OCR:
POST /v1/ocrconverts PDFs and images to Markdown. See Document AI.
Each path starts with https://api.munito.ai/inference. API compatibility shows what each endpoint supports.
Models
Munito AI serves these open models:
- Chat: DeepSeek-V4-Flash, GLM-5.3-Flash, Qwen3.8-27B, Kolibri 1 and Gemma 4 12B.
- Speech to text: Gemma 4 12B.
- OCR: LightOnOCR-2-1B.
Models and pricing lists each model with its regions and its prices, and the models in preview. GET /models lists the public models, also without a key.
Regions and data privacy
- The EU host runs each request in the EU, and the US host runs each request in the US. The global host can use either region. See Regions.
- Each response names its region in the
munito-regionheader:EUROPE,USorGLOBAL. - Munito AI keeps no prompts or outputs by default, and it does not train models on your data. See Data privacy.
- The GDPR Data Processing Agreement (DPA) forms part of the Terms of Service. See GDPR and EU data residency.
Where to start
- Create an account in the console. A new account with a verified phone number can use the free tier, subject to available capacity.
- Create a key on API keys.
- Send your first request with the quickstart.
For a contract or a dedicated endpoint, write to hello@munito.ai.