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Lightning AI

Cloud GPU platform and tools for building and training AI models

About Lightning AI

Lightning AI provides on-demand GPUs and a workspace for building, training and deploying models, alongside open source tools such as PyTorch Lightning and LitServe. Enterprise features include budgets, SSO and bring-your-own-cloud.

Common use cases

  • Training deep learning models
  • Fine-tuning LLMs
  • Serving models
  • Prototyping in notebooks

Products and services

GPU cloud

On-demand GPUs and clusters for training and inference.

Model workflow tools

Datasets, prototyping, fine-tuning and evaluation.

Open source tools

PyTorch Lightning, LitServe, Fabric, LitGPT and TorchMetrics.

Key features

  • On-demand GPUs
  • Notebook workspaces
  • Model training
  • Inference serving
  • Private cloud
  • Open source libraries

Integrations

  • PyTorch
  • Hugging Face
  • AWS
  • Google Cloud

Lightning AI alternatives

FAQs

Is there a free tier?

The site lists 50 free GPU hours to start.

Is it open source?

Several libraries are, including PyTorch Lightning.

Can I use my own cloud?

Yes, private cloud/VPC and bring-your-own-cloud are listed for enterprises.

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