A startup promising universal AI compute has joined Frances thriving artificial intelligence sector.
To pick that lock, FlexAI is rearchitecting compute infrastructure.
The startups centrepiece is an on-demand cloud service.
An integrated software layer will abstract and orchestrate the workload to the optimal architecture.
As a result, users can apply multiple hardware configurations without complex code changes.
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The goal is to maximise efficiency and simplicity.
Their hope is that more access leads to more innovations.
The availability of AI compute today is limited to a select few.
Our vision is to unlock access to compute for the many.
AIs big compute problem
FlexAI arrivesamid growing alarm about AIs voracious appetite for computing power.
As the field advances, the breakthroughs are becoming increasingly unaffordable, inaccessible, and unsustainable.
FlexAI promises solutions to all these problems.
The approach would also reduce AIs expanding carbon footprint.
As models increase in size and complexity, the need for greater energy efficiency will only grow.
The cloud service also aims to mitigate a growing skills shortage.
Current AI infrastructure requires highly-specialised expertise to run.
This trio of solutions have already attracted $30mn (28.5mn) of seedfunding.
The round was led by Alpha Intelligence Capital (AIC), Elaia Partners, and Heartcore Capital.
Antoine Blondeau, Managing Partner at AIC, highlighted the pressing need for FlexAIs service.
Compute is lagging, not leading, AI models increasingly potent capabilities, he said.
Enhancing Frances AI sector
The investors also praised the growing power of Frances AI ecosystem.
Led by Parisianunicorn Mistral AI, the country has become a European hub of artificial intelligence.
The sectors rise will also uplift Emmanuel Macron.
The French presidents mission to create a startup nation has thus far attracted both admiration and mockery.
In the thriving AI scene, he now has evidence that his vision can become a reality.
One of the themes of this years TNW Conference is Ren-AI-ssance: The AI-Powered Rebirth.
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He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.
Away from work, he enjoys playing chess (badly) and the guitar (even worse).
