Alphabet Inc’s cloud computing arm announced a partnership with startup Hugging Face to enhance AI software development in Google Cloud. As businesses increasingly seek AI deployment for specific tasks, the collaboration addresses the demand for optimized and task-specific AI models.
Hugging Face’s CEO, Clem Delangue emphasized the shift towards a diverse array of models, with each company fine-tuning and optimizing its own.
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian highlighted the surging demand for cloud-based AI computing, suggesting its potential to surpass traditional cloud software markets.
The partnership facilitates developers’ access to Hugging Face’s repository of open-source AI software through Google Cloud’s infrastructure.
The revenue-sharing agreement reflects the evolving landscape where companies prefer building or modifying AI models for specific safety frameworks or data security.
The collaboration responds to the growing interest among cloud customers in developing customized AI models, rather than relying on pre-packaged solutions. Hugging Face’s repository is expected to double in size in the next four months, showcasing the escalating interest in AI software development.
Developers will leverage Google’s advanced AI chips, including tensor processing units, and the technical integration of Nvidia’s coveted H100 AI chips is anticipated to be completed shortly, according to Thomas Kurian.
