ColossalAI

https://github.com/hpcaitech/ColossalAI

HPC-AI Tech's distributed training framework — ZeRO + tensor/pipeline parallel + heterogeneous training (CPU offload). HPC-AI raised $50M.

At a glance

Type
All-in-one large-scale training
Tier
T2
Created
2021
Latest release
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License
Apache-2.0
Pricing
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Taxonomy

storage
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retrieval
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persistence
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update
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unit
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governance
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conflict
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When to use

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Pros & cons

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Claims & capabilities

~40k★; HPC-AI Tech raised $50M+.

Technical surface

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Backend storage
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Embedding model
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Multi-tenancy
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A2A
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OpenTelemetry
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