AI infrastructure

Conifer

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Founded 2026Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

AI now runs on a market of hundreds of models and providers that changes constantly, each with its own price, strengths and failure modes. Agents also act faster, and on more information, than people can meaningfully review. Conifer builds the decision layer between agents and the people in charge. Our gateway puts 240+ models from 28 providers behind one key, with 99.99% uptime. Our router picks a model for each request by weighing the task against its cost, and Parallax reviews the code agents write.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Founders & team

Charles Muehlberger

Founder/CTO

Founder at Conifer. Engineering researcher at Princeton, accelerating multi-modal inference on edge devices and designing physics simulation software for coupled laser reservoirs and machine learning with physical neural networks. Previously built custom edge AI devices for RF-based brain injury modeling at DoW, and helped engineer the world record holding fastest electric speedboat at PES.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Michael Jeffords

Founder/CGO

Co-founder at Conifer (YC S26). Previously co-founded The HeartCheck Foundation, scaling free hypertension screenings to 20+ barbershops and over 10,000 individuals. Engineered an ML-driven computer vision pipeline using pose estimation for early-onset ALS and Parkinson's detection. Former clinical researcher at the Dell Med Institute of Vascular Surgery and UTHSC, specializing in hematopoetic stem cell transplantation, achieving infiltration levels >90% in mouse models.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
4team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2026 · Source

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Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
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