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Modal

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Serverless computing platform optimized for running GPU workloads and ML inference.

Think of it like

Serverless for GPUs; scale to zero when not in use.

Example

Deploy a function that runs a Llama inference; Modal scales automatically.

How it actually works

Modal is built for bursty ML workloads; you define a function, it handles GPU provisioning. Good for webhooks, batch jobs, and inference.

For product teams

Cost efficiency for variable workloads.

For engineers

Simple programming model; good for inference APIs and batch processing.

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