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Microsoft-backed startup debuts task optimized enterprise AI models that run on CPUs
Fastino emerges from stealth with $7 million in pre-seed funding to advance task optimized enterprise AI models that don’t require a GPU to run.
Like most generative AI vendors, Fastino’s models have a transformer architecture though it is using some innovative techniques designed to improve accuracy and enterprise utility. A key differentiator for the Fastino models is the fact that they can run on CPUs and do not require the use of GPU AI accelerator technology. “The ability to run these models on-prem and on existing CPUs is quite enticing to financial services, healthcare and more data sensitive industries.”
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