Pure Storage Invests in CoreWeave, Forms Partnership for AI Cloud Services; Stock Drops

Pure Storage has made a strategic investment in AI cloud infrastructure provider CoreWeave

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Nov 13, 2024
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  • The partnership integrates Pure Storage's data storage platform into CoreWeave's cloud environment, enhancing AI cloud service capabilities.
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Pure Storage (PSTG, Financials) has announced a strategic investment in CoreWeave, a company specializing in artificial intelligence cloud infrastructure; PSTG stock fell post the announcement but regained steam on last look.

Building on Pure Storage's position as a data storage technology supplier, this venture seeks to improve broad artificial intelligence cloud services. Aiming to provide more flexibility and performance for consumers with high computing needs, Pure Storage and CoreWeave have also formed a technology alliance to incorporate Pure Storage's platform into CoreWeave's cloud offers.

"Our strategic collaboration with CoreWeave reflects a shared commitment to delivering AI innovation at scale and marks a major milestone in delivering the flexibility and scalability that AI-driven organizations need to thrive," said Rob Lee, Chief Technology Officer of Pure Storage, stressing the cooperation as a major step toward scalable AI infrastructure.

Thanks to this alliance, Pure Storage's solutions—which are tailored to handle demanding compute-intensive activities and AI workloads—are now available within CoreWeave's dedicated environments. Using Pure Storage's flash technology, CoreWeave provides its clients with storage options sufficient to manage supercomputing scale workloads over large GPU clusters.

Brian Venturo, Chief Strategy Officer of CoreWeave, emphasized the advantages for companies with an eye on artificial intelligence: "This collaboration strengthens our commitment to providing high-speed performance, reliability, and flexibility for our customers that trust our cloud platform to accelerate the development and deployment of AI."

Designed for scalability and high performance, the cooperation gives companies employing CoreWeave's platform access to Pure Storage's data storage options. Available inside CoreWeave's AI supercomputer systems, the Pure Storage platform provides quick deployment and scaling for businesses handling challenging AI and data needs.

This strategic alliance positions both businesses to offer labs with strong data and computing resources as well as to fulfill growing industrial needs for scalable and dependable artificial intelligence infrastructure.

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