In this engaging discussion, Ce Zhang, Co-founder and CTO of Together AI, and Vipul Ved Prakash, Co-founder and CEO, share their insights on the evolution of open and independent AI systems. They highlight the balance between open-source contributions and proprietary innovations, stressing the importance of diverse data sources for training models. From optimization strategies for GPU cloud performance to their innovative AI platform upgrades, they delve into crucial advancements like federated learning and hybrid model architectures, shaping the future of AI.

CEO and co-founder of Together AI, Vipul Ved Prakash, and Bucky Moore, partner at Kleiner Perkins, discuss the future of AI, challenges for AI businesses, executive hiring, open vs. closed AI, Nvidia GPUs, creating vs. capturing value, AI research, crypto-AI connection, and strategic planning for uncertain futures.

Founders of Databricks and Together discuss the rise of open source AI, building with open source, standardization of LLMs, the role of academia in AI research, innovations in training data, growing accessibility of machine learning with LLMs, the future of the open source ecosystem, and best practices for parameterizing LLMs.