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Xference has raised €700,000 in Preseed funding and is launching a Seed round for institutional investors. Founded in 2025 in Cagliari by Andrea Pili, Michele Fadda, and Francesca Audino, Xference focuses on private AI inference infrastructure, enabling users to utilize generative AI while maintaining data sovereignty and privacy.

The company’s architecture supports local installations of open-source Large Language Models, ensuring no internet connectivity or data transfer to external servers. Designed for scalability, low latency, and energy efficiency, Xference’s infrastructure complies with GDPR and the AI Act, presenting itself as a European alternative to major global providers.