IBM Teams Up with Together AI on $240 Million Nvidia-Powered AI Cluster

IBM and Together AI have partnered on a $240 million deal to build an Nvidia-powered artificial intelligence (AI) inference cluster on IBM Cloud. The agreement, announced Tuesday, will provide large-scale AI infrastructure for open-source models.

The growing demand for cost-effective and secure AI solutions has led businesses to adopt open-source models, which are seen as less prone to cybersecurity risks compared to proprietary systems.

The new cluster will utilize Nvidia systems, leveraging the company's expertise in high-performance computing. This move aims to address concerns about AI costs and security incidents involving prominent models from companies like Anthropic, OpenAI, and Meta.