Dell PowerEdge server cluster with nearly
10,000 NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs to train foundation models with
greater reasoning and problem-solving abilities
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Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) and Imbue, an independent AI
research company, have entered into a $150
million agreement to build a new high-performance computing
cluster for training foundation models optimized for reasoning.
Imbue is one of the few independent AI labs that develops its
own foundation models, and trains them to have more advanced
reasoning capabilities — like knowing when to ask for more
information, analyzing and critiquing their own outputs, or
breaking down a difficult goal into a plan and then executing on
it. Imbue trains AI agents on top of those models that can do work
for people across diverse fields in ways that are robust, safe, and
useful. Imbue's goal is to create practical tools for building
agents that could enable workers across a broad set of domains,
including helping engineers write new code, analysts understand and
draft complex policy proposals, and much more.
"The purpose of technology is to drive human progress, and this
often begins at the research level," said Jeff Boudreau, chief AI officer at Dell
Technologies. "Dell technology will provide Imbue with the powerful
engine to help unearth the next generation of impactful AI
innovation."
Imbue is already using the cluster – powered by Dell PowerEdge
XE9680 servers with NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs – to train AI
models and develop early prototype agents that can correct bugs in
code and analyze lengthy documents. Longer term, the company is
designing more capable, trustworthy AI agents that don't require
constant supervision from their users, opening the door to a future
where, for example, agents can plan a vacation on their users'
behalf, not simply generate travel ideas, freeing people up to
spend their downtime however they'd like.
Imbue and Dell designed the system to include smaller clusters
to support rapid experimentation on novel model architectures as
well as rapid networking into a large cluster, to enable the
efficient training of large-scale foundation models.
"Building a new generation of foundation models requires the
very best IT infrastructure, and Dell Technologies has helped us
deploy a custom cluster much more quickly than other providers
could have," said Josh Albrecht,
chief technology officer of Imbue. "Dell has been an invaluable
collaborator as we pursue our work to create AI systems with much
stronger reasoning abilities."
Built for extreme acceleration for AI, machine learning and deep
learning training, the Dell systems are equipped to deploy AI
computing initiatives with high GPU memory, bandwidth and security.
The PowerEdge servers' Smart Cooling features sustain great
performance more efficiently while reducing the data center's
overall carbon footprint.
Imbue's system is managed by Voltage Park, a cloud compute
provider that builds solutions for machine learning.
About Dell Technologies
Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) helps organizations and
individuals build their digital future and transform how they work,
live and play. The company provides customers with the industry's
broadest and most innovative technology and services portfolio for
the data era.
About Imbue
Imbue aims to rekindle the dream of the personal computer
by creating practical AI agents: intelligent tools that can
accomplish larger goals in the real world. By automating menial,
unrewarding work on their users' behalf, AI agents will free people
up to focus on the things they really care about.
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