☁️ Open-Source AI Models
Together AI excels in Gen AI with proprietary models like FlashAttention and open-source projects.
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- Together AI - pioneering open-source generative models and full-stack AI solutions
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Together AI - Leading Open-Source AI Models and Solutions
Together AI is a prominent player in the field of artificial intelligence, particularly known for its contributions to open-source generative AI models. The company focuses on the development and deployment of AI models, providing both the compute power and software necessary for various AI workloads. Together AI offers a full-stack product approach, delivering solutions that range from dedicated GPU clusters to server-less endpoints. This approach allows for efficient management of training, fine-tuning, and inference workloads, catering to a wide spectrum of customer needs.
The software technology behind Together AI includes advanced model architectures and training techniques. Among these, FlashAttention and FlashAttention-2 stand out as innovative solutions designed to speed up transformer models, which are commonly used in generative AI tasks. These technologies allow for extracting multiple times the workload from GPUs compared to traditional methods, making the AI training process both faster and more cost-effective.
Together AI also supports a wide range of both open-source and proprietary models. For example, models like Llama-2 and RedPajama are part of their extensive library that users can employ for various applications, ranging from natural language processing to complex data analysis tasks. This flexibility is further enhanced by their fine-tuning services, which allow customers to tailor models specifically to their needs.
The company's strategic focus on integrating advanced research into practical applications helps maintain a competitive edge. By continuously pushing the boundaries of what's possible with AI, Together AI not only contributes to technological advancement but also fosters a robust ecosystem for innovation.
Together AI was founded by Ce Zhang, Chris Re, Percy Liang, and Vipul Ved Prakash. To date, the company has a $1.2 billion valuation.