By Anil Murty
Foundation AI Model Training on Akash
Towards the end of 2023, Overclock Labs (core team behind Akash Network) and ThumperAI (generative AI startup) decided to embark on a mission to train a foundation model on Akash GPUs.
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By Zach Horn
Akash at ETHDenver 2024
Connect with the Akash Core Team at ETHDenver.
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By Zach Horn
Passage Leverages Akash To Launch the First Virtual World on Permissionless GPUs
The demand for decentralized compute is growing fast as total global cloud spending is projected to surpass $1 trillion.
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By Zach Horn
Akash Network and Solve.Care Bring Faster, Cheaper, and More Secure Patient Data Ownership to the Healthcare Industry
Healthcare is a $7.98 trillion industry that impacts every one of us worldwide.
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By Anil Murty
Distributed Machine Learning on Akash Network With Ray
In this post we provide an overview of the challenge of trying to parallelize and scale AI and ML workloads in practice, briefly introduce the best open source framework available and in-use by leading machine learning teams (Ray), talk about why Ray is a great solution for running ML workloads on Akash Network, and provide a reference example and template for those looking to run a Ray cluster on Akash Network’s GPU supercloud.
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By Zach Horn
a/acc: Akash Accelerationism
How strategic progress in 2023 laid the foundation for rapid acceleration in 2024 and beyond.
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By Akash
Akash Network: Q4 2023 Recap
The demand for compute to power large language models (LLMs) and other applications has surged, resulting in record...
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By Zach Horn
Building an SDXL Inference App on the Akash Supercloud
In less than two years, AI diffusion models have improved exponentially
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By Zach Horn
Mainnet 8: GPU Visibility Upgrades
As the proliferation of Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI applications has come to a head, large corporations and agile startups are still struggling to secure access to high-performance GPUs.
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By Zach Horn
The Supercloud for AI Is Live
Starting today, Akash is launching capabilities for its Supercloud to offer GPUs - The network now supports NVIDIA GPUs, with options for others such as AMD in the future - The network has successfully hosted NVIDIA H100s and A100s, plus a range of consumer-grade GPUs - Access to consumer-grade GPUs is one way the Akash Supercloud stands apart
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By Zach Horn
Overclock Labs Joins Forces With Cloudmos to Advance the Akash Supercloud
As the world’s demand for compute surges, Akash Network and its community are constantly expanding. The network is always looking for ways to support its most committed contributors, who are invaluable in growing the network’s capabilities.
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By Zach Horn
Testing the First AI Supercloud
Over 1,300 people from around the world signed up to participate in the Akash GPU Testnet. This three-week public beta test was the first real-world demonstration of GPU compute being distributed with the open-source Akash Supercloud. The Supercloud concept was initially theorized by Cornell University and MIT, before being practically applied in the Akash Network whitepaper.
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