What it sells
Foundation models for time series
Business model breakdown
Buyer: who owns the budget?
Data science / analytics and planning teams (energy, retail, supply chain); users named include Engie, Netflix, Shake Shack.
Trigger: what makes them buy now?
UnverifiedNeed accurate forecasts without feature engineering or fine-tuning; forecasting at scale.
Workflow: what inputs become what output?
Describe data once; call API (or SQL in DuckDB) for zero-shot probabilistic forecast, then backtest across every series.
Economics: what it saves and how it charges
UnverifiedResearch lab with open-weights t0-beta model on Hugging Face and commercial API/Retrocast product; pricing model not stated.
Distribution: how it reaches customers
Open weights and docs for developers, "Talk to us" contact for commercial access, app.retrocast.com signup.
Funding history and coverage
| Round date | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Y Combinator Summer 2024 | — | Y Combinator | ycombinator.com |
Profiles summarize public reporting and company websites. Business-model notes are MaxBC's reading of that material, not confirmed facts; unknowns are left blank rather than guessed. Updated 2026-10-12.