Cast AI launched Omni Compute, a unified compute control plane for Kubernetes.

The offering automatically finds and connects external cloud resources – including GPUs – to existing clusters, allowing workloads to run on the best resources locally or across clouds without changes.

“Enterprises don’t just need cheaper infrastructure, they need infrastructure that adapts automatically as workloads and constraints change,” Cast CEO Yuri Frayman explained. “That is what our automation agents were built to do, and this investment helps us scale that globally.”

The Miami-based startup is positioning its Omni Compute offering as a way for firms to run workloads – including AI inference – without cloud lock-in, while ensuring compliance control is met. Teams can use the service to scale without pinning workloads to a single region or provider, while keeping infrastructure behavior automated and predictable.

Oracle is among the cloud providers making GPU capacity available to Cast customers through the Omni Compute, providing access to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) AI infrastructure to firms running on any hyperscaler.

“Omni Compute removes the barriers that traditionally kept enterprises locked into a single cloud, and it allows them to tap into OCI’s high-performance GPU fleet the moment they need it,” OCI SVP Karan Batta noted. “This is a step-change in how global AI platforms will deploy and scale.”

Cast touts the firms using the startup’s automation platform, including Cisco, open source AI platform HuggingFace, and Swisscom.

In addition to unveiling Omni Compute, Cast AI confirmed it received strategic investment from Pacific Alliance Ventures (PAV), the U.S.-based corporate venture arm of South Korean conglomerate Shinsegae Group.

The undisclosed investment amount follows a year in which Cast secured backing from G2 Venture Partners, a firm spun out of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, along with SoftBank Vision Fund 2.

Since its Series C last April, Cast has expanded with office openings in Bangalore, London, New York, and Tel Aviv, along with subsidiaries in Canada, France, India, Korea, Lithuania, Singapore, and the U.K.

With this latest investment from PAV, Cast said its valuation now exceeds $1 billion.

“Shinsegae Group’s investment, and our over $1 billion dollar valuation, underscore the market’s confidence in our platform vision and our ability to execute it globally,” CEO Frayman added.