Partnerships · Tue 3 Nov

Partnerships involve commercial and research collaborations between organizations to develop and deploy artificial intelligence technologies. Truncated covers joint ventures, shared compute agreements, academic alliances and corporate deals across the industry.

Tuesday 3 November

Science ministry, AMD engage in follow-up discussions on AI chip partnership

AI-generated summary The science ministry and AMD released details from a steering committee meeting held in Seoul to discuss their artificial intelligence chip partnership agreement signed early this year. The science ministry says it will make efforts to ensure collaborative projects discussed together are carried out smoothly to foster the growth of local artificial intelligence chip companies.

Bull and Schwarz Digits are teaming up to create a “Franco-German foundation” for sovereign AI

View of Europe from space with lines showing connections denoting wireless connectivity

AI-generated summary Schwarz Digits and Bull have announced plans to develop an independent European artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure ecosystem to target sovereignty gains for enterprises across the region. Schwarz Digits says the memorandum of understanding will provide organizations operating in regulated and strategic sectors with a dedicated sovereign artificial intelligence architecture.

Fireworks contracts 5MW of Nvidia Blackwell Ultra capacity at Era4 data center in UK

AI-generated summary Open-model AI company Fireworks announced that it will lease five megawatts of direct-liquid-cooled capacity powered by Nvidia Blackwell Ultra HGX B300 GPUs at Era4's data center in Chesterfield. Lin Qiao says this agreement with Era4 expands the company's capacity in the UK to develop new services for regulated businesses including financial services, insurance, and life sciences sectors.