Essential AI, a leader in generative artificial intelligence (gen AI), has announced a multi-year partnership with Google Cloud, aiming to revolutionize the development of full-stack gen AI products for enterprise users. This collaboration positions Google Cloud as Essential AI’s preferred cloud provider, focusing on delivering large language models (LLMs) tailored for enterprises. These models are designed to enhance business productivity by automating complex, time-consuming workflows.

Ashish Vaswani, CEO of Essential AI, emphasized the significance of this partnership: “Delivering sophisticated gen AI models that meet the heightened needs of enterprise users requires extensive training periods and compute-heavy workloads. By partnering with Google Cloud, we will provide the tools and capabilities companies need to make complex workloads more simple and less time-consuming.”

As a crucial part of this partnership, Essential AI will utilize Google Cloud’s Cloud TPU v5p to train its models. The Cloud TPU v5p, known for its power, scalability, and flexibility, is Google Cloud’s most advanced AI accelerator, optimized for large-scale training. This technology will enable Essential AI to train its LLMs more efficiently and rapidly, assisting organizations in solving intricate problems and making informed data-driven decisions.

Essential AI will also construct its LLMs on top of Google Cloud’s global infrastructure. Utilizing Google Cloud’s analytics tools, including BigQuery, Looker, and Google Analytics, Essential AI aims to align its models closely with customers’ data and business objectives. These tools will enhance the models’ understanding of business goals and provide easily interpretable insights and metrics.

Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, shared his views on the partnership: “Google Cloud is committed to building the most open AI ecosystem in the industry, and our partnership with Essential AI underscores our shared vision to help organizations digitally transform with generative AI. With Google Cloud’s integrated AI stack, Essential AI can more easily empower enterprises to address their complex business challenges and succeed in today’s competitive landscape.”

The strategic alliance between Essential AI and Google Cloud marks a significant advancement in the realm of gen AI for enterprise applications. This collaboration is expected to drive innovation in AI technology, enabling businesses to leverage sophisticated AI tools for improved productivity and decision-making. The integration of Essential AI’s advanced gen AI models with Google Cloud’s robust infrastructure and analytics tools is poised to create a new benchmark in the AI-driven digital transformation of enterprises.

  Ashish Vaswani, digital transformation, Essential AI, generative AI, Google Cloud, Thomas Kurian