🛣 When does it make sense to use a model API provider vs self-deploy on a compute platform like Modal? We spoke to Coco Mao, CEO and co-founder of OpenArt AI, to learn about key infrastructure decisions the company has made. OpenArt is a Gen AI art platform that's used by >3M people every month (example output from their platform below 🐱). Because OpenArt had many proprietary image generation pipelines, they needed an infra solution that was able to fully support customization without being so complex that every deployment took hours. For these workflows, Modal was the Goldilocks solution between API providers and self-deploying on a large cloud provider. Modal's reliable GPU availability, quick autoscaling, and easy devex have helped OpenArt scale 100+ workflows on hundreds of GPUs. Link to case study in the comments ⬇
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The serverless platform for AI, data and ML teams.
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Deploy generative AI models, large-scale batch jobs, job queues, and more on Modal's platform. We help data science and machine learning teams accelerate development, reduce costs, and effortlessly scale workloads across thousands of CPUs and GPUs. Our pay-per-use model ensures you're billed only for actual compute time, down to the CPU cycle. No more wasted resources or idle costs—just efficient, scalable computing power when you need it.
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NYC - reminder that we're co-hosting this happy hour with Knock today! Over 140 registered already 🤯 https://lu.ma/7rs7ekrq
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Don't sleep on using Modal for classic batch processing, like deploying dlt, the fastest growing open source ETL platform. We run our internal analytics stack according to this guide and are now saving $1000 a month on traditional ETL vendor costs 💰
We're super excited to now host a Modal - dlt deployment guide thanks to Kenny Ning's work. Modal is making running anything in the cloud work like magic, it's that easy. They previously demonstrated dlt in analytics https://lnkd.in/eTHe8QwF And one of our common users also had great success replacing Fivetran with dlt+ Modal https://lnkd.in/ewUFPPWr Want to try modal + dlt? Just set a few minutes aside and follow this doc: https://lnkd.in/enSQemk4
Building a cost-effective analytics stack with Modal, dlt, and dbt
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Remember that real-time translation demo from OpenAI when they launched their advanced voice mode? Turns out that you can build something very similar on Modal with open-source libraries, e.g. Meta's Seamless (https://lnkd.in/eW6ScRe7) Voice chat with someone speaking a different language in real-time! 🎤 One of the projects for our offsite hackathon 💻 , now as a runnable example. Kudos to Vishaal Ram for building during his internship! https://lnkd.in/epAzrKzb
Ever wanted to chat with your friends but everyone speaks a different language? With Modal, we built a multilingual speech to speech chat room without managing any infrastructure. In it we - self hosted SeamlessM4T-V2 on H100 GPUs - used modal's WebSocket integration to handle container connections - handled cross-container messaging with Modal's distributed Queues all in less than 200 lines of python! Check out the docs here: https://lnkd.in/eRzy-Hya.
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Building with image diffusion models? You're probably iterating on your pipelines with ComfyUI. We partnered with Comfy Deploy to curate a list of the most popular custom node packs and how to run them on Modal's GPUs! Link in comments 🎨
Lately I've been spending a lot less time doing data engineering and more time working with this one specific open source technology called ComfyUI. It kind of feels like the Jupyter notebook for building diffusion models. For technical folks who are interested in experimenting more with AI and diffusion models, ComfyUI is a great hands-on way to get started. I recently just wrote about the expanded "custom node" universe of ComfyUI which shows off even more advanced features like face detailing and style transfer. Here's a workflow I made that generates images in the style of "Starry Night":
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We're excited to announce Tidbyt is joining Modal! 🎉 Read more about what this means for Modal and the future of Tidbyt here: https://lnkd.in/erbJmvU7
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NY devtool mafia 😮💨 who else do we need to include?
We’re hosting another round of devtools + dives, this time with the great folks at Modal. Come meet up, chat about devtools, and enjoy a few drinks on us on November 20th, starting at 6pm. 🍻 Register here: https://lu.ma/7rs7ekrq
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Good morning New York 🌞 We're hosting a small fireside chat at the Definition office this Thursday. Erik Bernhardsson (founder/CEO Modal) and Teddy Citrin (founder/GP Definition) will be having a lively chat on the adoption of AI by enterprises and trends we're seeing in how AI is being productionized. We hear the Definition office is quite nice 👀 https://lu.ma/xjdxpn68
Building AI for Enterprises with Erik Bernhardsson, CEO at Modal · Luma
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👟 Three drops coming out of the Modal x Amazon Web Services (AWS) collab: 1. We’re live on AWS marketplace, which means you can use committed spend on Modal! 2. We’re headed to #AWSreInvent in early Dec. DM us if you're also attending, we'd love to meet you. 3. Have a ton of credits with AWS? Stay tuned for an exclusive deal we’re launching soon...