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How sync. uses Modal to lipsync 100 hours of video a day
sync. is a research lab training foundational models to understand and manipulate humans in video. After outgrowing Google Colab, they partnered with Modal for efficient deployment, allowing rapid iteration and scaling to process over 100 hours of video daily.
Product updates: Running batch jobs with 1M inputs, ephemeral apps, and a new TensorRT-LLM example
Welcome to another round of Modal Product Updates! Here's what's new this month.
Our first brand campaign
Behind the scenes of updating our visual identity and launching our first-ever out-of-home campaign in San Francisco.
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'I paid for the whole GPU, I am going to use the whole GPU': A high-level guide to GPU utilization
A guide to maximizing the utilization of GPUs, from cloud allocations to FLOP/s.
Memory Snapshots: Checkpoint/Restore for Sub-second Startup
Serializing container state to disk for aggressive cold start optimization.
WireGuard at Modal: Static IPs for Serverless Containers
Now your Modal containers around the world can have static outbound IPs. Featuring WireGuard, policy-based routing, and NAT.
Latest in News
Product updates: Running batch jobs with 1M inputs, ephemeral apps, and a new TensorRT-LLM example
Welcome to another round of Modal Product Updates! Here's what's new this month.
Our first brand campaign
Behind the scenes of updating our visual identity and launching our first-ever out-of-home campaign in San Francisco.
Product updates: Price drops, brand refresh, and image-to-video example
Welcome to another round of Modal Product Updates! Here's what's new this month.
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How sync. uses Modal to lipsync 100 hours of video a day
sync. is a research lab training foundational models to understand and manipulate humans in video. After outgrowing Google Colab, they partnered with Modal for efficient deployment, allowing rapid iteration and scaling to process over 100 hours of video daily.
How a top tier European soccer team sped up their data processing and reduced costs by 50%
Find out how a top tier European soccer team uses Modal for computer vision on game data
How OpenArt scaled their Gen AI art platform on hundreds of GPUs
Find out how OpenArt uses Modal to deploy highly customized ComfyUI workflows used by millions of customers
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