@bernhardsson: One way to think about @modal in the limit is that we're an aggregator of compute on a global scale and resource manage…
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Modal aims to be a global aggregator of compute and resource manager, acting as a very large global computer.
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@charles_irl: https://x.com/charles_irl/status/2073975754833203706
In a Twitter thread, the founder of Modal explains that the platform is best understood as a computer, drawing parallels between traditional computer architecture and Modal's serverless cloud infrastructure.
@akshat_b: Claude Science has a @modal integration built-in. Great to see the advantages of Modal as a compute substrate shine thr…
Modal announces its integration with Claude Science, providing elastic compute infrastructure for life sciences researchers, with up to $100K in committed resources.
@modal: Frontier models set the floor. Specialized models raise the ceiling. With Modal, @AppliedCompute is training custom age…
Modal announces that AppliedCompute is using its platform to train custom agent workforces for companies like DoorDash, Mercor, and Cognition, highlighting the shift from frontier models to specialized models.
@charles_irl: Added a smol new section to last week's blog post on the technical internals of @modal's fast cold boots. This section …
Modal explains how it reduces AI inference cold starts by 40x using cloud buffers, a custom filesystem, checkpoint/restore, and CUDA checkpoint/restore, framing cloud buffer management as a linear optimization problem solved with GLOP.