October 25, 2020

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Veritone Connects With NVIDIA

Veritone Connects With NVIDIA

Costa mesa-based artificial intelligence software developer Veritone announced this morning that it now supports the NVIDIA CUDA platform for its AI and machine learning (ML) software. According to Veritone, its support for NVIDIA’s CUDA GPU allows its customers tor un its AI and ML tasks both on-premise or in the Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) clouds. NVIDIA is a major developer of

graphical processing units (GPUs), which are used nowadays not just for graphics but also for AI, ML, and other intensive processing tasks. Vertone is led by foudner and CEO Chad Steelberg.

Date: 2020-11-30

URL: http://www.socaltech.com/veritone_connects_with_nvidia/s-0080653.html

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