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Erik Bernhardsson - Modal
Aug 14, 2023
Erik Bernhardsson, founder of Modal, talks about the challenges of building a serverless platform and creating a new vision for serverless cloud. They discuss the benefits of using Modal for code deployment and setting up GPU-based infrastructure. They also explore the features and use cases of Modal, including its similarities to a CDN and its applications in AI and non-AI tasks. The podcast concludes with a discussion on Modal's future plans and expansion.
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- Modal Labs is a serverless platform for data teams that abstracts away complexities and enables fast feedback loops.
- Modal Labs developed a proprietary file system that optimizes container startup, improving cache efficiency and supporting various use cases.
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Modal Labs: A Cloud Platform for Data Teams
Modal Labs is a cloud platform designed specifically for data teams. It helps data teams with tasks like working with machine learning, AI, compute-intensive processes, building data pipelines, and more. Modal allows users to focus on code and abstracts away the complexities of provisioning, resource management, and scaling. By describing code as modal Python, users can easily execute their code in the cloud and pay per usage. Modal aims to make data teams more productive by providing a fast feedback loop and eliminating the need for manual infrastructure setup.
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