by Angela Guess
Stephen Withers reports in ITwire, “GPU vendor Nvidia has announced a support program to help startup companies that are applying deep learning technologies. The Nvidia Inception Program offers a range of resources to participating startups. Benefits include early access to the latest GPU hardware and supporting software; Nvidia’s deep learning experts and engineering teams; the company’s customer, partner and supplier networks; and technical training via the Nvidia Deep Learning Institute.”
Withers goes on, “Qualified companies may be eligible for funding through Nvidia’s GPU Ventures Program, which is aimed at ‘young ambitious companies founding their businesses around Nvidia technologies’ in areas such as ‘video and image enhancement, scientific discovery, financial analysis, visualisation, high performance computing, automotive, cloud computing, [and] mobile applications’.”
He continues, “Investments would normally be between US$500,000 and US$5 million. ‘Startups worldwide are taking advantage of deep learning for its superhuman speed and accuracy in applications like radiology, fraud detection and self-driving cars,’ said Nvidia senior director of industry business development Kimberly Powell. ‘We’re committed to helping the world’s most innovative companies break new ground with AI and revolutionise every industry.’ Nvidia announced its DGX-1 deep learning supercomputer at the GPU Technology Conference in April, and introduced it to the local market at an event in Sydney this week.”
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