Outerport

Based in California, US, and founded in 2024, Genban, Inc. , dba Outerport, operates as an IT company that provides companies the ability to use their GPUs by making it easy for them to be swapped from task to task. Towaki Takikawa (CEO) and Allen Wang (CTO) are the co-founders of the company. In September 2024, Outerport raised seed funding from Pioneer Fund.

The company provides a platform that enables model loading, swapping, and offloading of key-value (KV) caches, eliminating cold starts and reducing downtime. Outerport leverages parallel loading, page locking, and a Rust-based daemon process for operation. The firm’s system ensures models are always up-to-date and ready for deployment, even during live updates, without container updates or service interruptions. The company accelerates tasks like model swapping, asynchronous checkpointing, and tensor movement with a focus on multi-model workflows.

The firm’s platform’s self-hosted solution can be deployed across any cloud infrastructure or on-premises, allowing organizations to retain control over their systems. In addition, Outerport helps businesses save up to 40% on GPU costs by optimizing load balancing and maximizing GPU utilization through autoscaling.