Bonseyes, an open AI innovation platform, partners with Verne Global, an HPC data center provider, to offer infrastructure services.
Verne Global, a provider of advanced data center solutions for high performance computing and artificial intelligence, has partnered with Bonseyes, a secure marketplace and collaborative platform for building and trading AI applications based in Switzerland, to make its HPC-optimised bare-metal infrastructure hpcDIRECT available through Bonseyes' platform. This partnership provides marketplace users with access to world-class infrastructure specifically designed for the intensive compute demands of AI workloads.
The Bonseyes marketplace is an advanced platform for collaborating on AI solution development and productising capabilities, connecting innovators seeking to address specific enterprise or industry challenges with specialist AI developers, researchers, and data scientists. Launching in early 2020, the open AI platform eliminates the need for users to invest substantial financial resources, time, and energy in building in-house AI teams or contracting third-party services. By driving an edge device-centric model, this paradigm shift opens numerous opportunities for organisational collaboration while transcending the limitations of traditional cloud models, positioning Europe to become a leading global player in the emerging "AI-as-a-Service" economy.
With hpcDIRECT available on the platform, users gain access to infrastructure optimised for AI's intensive compute requirements. The solution enables users to scale and streamline development and testing of compute-intensive AI applications with first-class performance and support, powered by low-cost renewable energy. According to Tate Cantrell, Chief Technology Officer at Verne Global, "hpcDIRECT is purposefully built for the extreme compute workloads characterised by AI and HPC. Our optimised infrastructure, powered by renewable energy, keeps costs low, while our in-house specialist technical team are experts in tailoring the environment to suit the requirements and unique demands of competitive AI startups."
Marketplace participants will now access dedicated HPC infrastructure necessary for training deep learning models alongside additional services including experimentation, model compression, privacy and security tools, and benchmarking services. Tim Llewellynn, President at Bonseyes Community Association, stated: "By collaborating with Verne Global, the Bonseyes marketplace users will be able to turn their competitive AI concepts into reality, knowing it is supported by a first-class, HPC-optimised data center and a skilled team of engineers and advisors. The Verne Global team provided top-notch support to us from the start and they're a natural partner for this project."