IBM and Together AI Collaborate on $240 Million Deal for Open-Source AI Inference

IBM and Together AI have formed a multi-year, $240 million partnership to deploy a large cluster of NVIDIA HGX B300 systems on IBM Cloud by Q1 2027. This collaboration aims to significantly scale open-source AI model inference, marking the first dedicated, large-scale inference cluster on IBM Cloud utilizing advanced NVIDIA infrastructure. This initiative is crucial for expanding AI factory output and accessibility.