Nvidia acquires AI startup Brev.dev to enhance Cloud GPU services

Nvidia has acquired Brev.dev, a San Francisco-based startup that focuses on AI and machine learning development platforms. This is the fourth acquisition by Nvidia this year, indicating the company’s keen interest in growing its business in the AI market.  

Nvidia confirmed the acquisition and noted that Brev.dev’s platform is a useful tool that streamlines the development, training, and deployment of AI and machine learning models within CPU- and GPU-based cloud instances. 

Brev.dev’s partnership with Nvidia combines hardware and software

Brev.dev is a platform that currently unifies access to major cloud services such as AWS, Google Cloud, and Fluidstack and provides cost-efficient solutions for developers’ GPU resources. The partnership with Nvidia will see the startup combine powerful hardware and cutting-edge software for AI developers.

“Brev’s goal is to build the easiest way for AI/ML developers to use a GPU,” the startup said in a LinkedIn post this week. “Teaming up with Nvidia means being able to deliver on that mission by pairing the most powerful hardware with the industry-leading software,” they added.

Nvidia’s acquisition spree is a part of the larger plan to build the DGX Cloud service, which offers enterprises with the tools, support, and infrastructure required to build generative AI apps. DGX Cloud, introduced last year, operates on platforms like AWS and provides highly efficient GPU solutions. 

Nvidia expands AI market presence

Nvidia made two acquisitions this year that directly aided in the development of its DGX Cloud service. In April, the company bought Run, an Israel-based startup that offers Kubernetes-based workload management and orchestration software, in a deal reportedly worth about $700 million. This acquisition is expected to strengthen the DGX Cloud service and the services of DGX and HGX server customers.

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Additionally, earlier this month, Shoreline.io, a Redwood City-based start-up launched by an AWS alumni, was acquired by Nvidia. Shoreline.io offers software that helps to manage problems in data center infrastructures. This deal, estimated to be worth $100 million, will see Shoreline’s team join the DGX Cloud unit of Nvidia, thereby enhancing the company’s cloud infrastructure solutions. 

The third acquisition of the year was of Deci, another Israeli-based startup. Deci’s software optimizes the efficiency of AI model evaluation without compromising the model’s performance regardless of the used hardware. The acquisition is said to be worth around $300 million and aligns with Nvidia’s goal of enhancing the performance and efficiency of AI models.