As demand for large-scale AI deployment skyrockets, the lesser-known, private chip startup Positron is positioning itself as a direct challenger to market leader Nvidia by offering dedicated, energy-efficient, memory-optimized inference chips aimed at relieving the industry’s mounting cost, power, and availability bottlenecks.
“A key differentiator is our ability to run frontier AI models with…
Nvidia to open-source Run:ai, the software it acquired for $700M to help companies manage GPUs for AI
January 3, 2025
Nvidia has completed its acquisition of Run:ai, a software company that makes it easier for customers to orchestrate GPU clouds for AI, and said that it would open-source the software.
The purchase price wasn’t disclosed, but was pegged by reports at $700 million when…
