- Mike Ruberry, core PyTorch technical lead, joins Lightning AI as chief engineer of the PyTorch group
- New rent alerts starting of PyTorch group on the New York-based startup, renewing dedication to core deep studying innovation
- Team will make it simpler and quicker to create, keep, and deploy deep studying fashions together with introducing new capabilities
NEW YORK, Sept. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lightning AI in the present day introduced the appointment of Mike Ruberry as chief engineer of a brand new PyTorch group targeted on enhancing the connection between PyTorch and Lightning, in addition to serving to to form the path of PyTorch itself. Ruberry beforehand labored at Meta as a core technical lead on PyTorch, the machine studying framework first launched by Meta (then Facebook) in 2017. “I’m excited to get started,” mentioned Ruberry, “and to continue working closely with my partners at Meta, NVIDIA, and throughout the PyTorch community.”
The rising PyTorch group at Lightning AI will drive the roadmap for a way the machine studying startup engages with the PyTorch framework, renewing its dedication to making a frictionless, developer-first expertise.
“If you’re a PyTorch user, you’ve benefited directly from Mike Ruberry’s contributions,” mentioned William Falcon, CEO and founding father of Lightning AI. “The PyTorch team at Lightning is a major milestone in our community’s evolution. Mike and I have always been focused on building bridges between Lightning and the core PyTorch framework. Having him on the team will allow us to continue delivering the blend of speed, performance, and usability that our users and community have come to expect.”
“Having a PyTorch core team balanced among many stakeholders is fundamental to our success,” mentioned Soumith Chintala, PyTorch core maintainer. “I’m really happy to see a PyTorch team at Lightning, and I couldn’t think of a better person to kick it off than Mike Ruberry.”
Over 46% of PyTorch customers additionally use Lightning (previously PyTorch Lightning), a library constructed and maintained by the group at Lightning AI designed to streamline and improve the developer expertise. Since its inception in 2017, PyTorch has been adopted by a few of the largest manufacturing techniques on the planet, starting from core merchandise at Meta to Amazon Search. Building on its widespread adoption, the PyTorch group at Lightning will focus on persevering with to enhance each PyTorch and Lightning concurrently, making each of them quicker, extra extensible, and simpler to use.
Says Luca Antiga, Lightning AI’s CTO: “With Mike joining and the PyTorch team at Lightning kicking off, we have the concrete opportunity to help propel PyTorch into the future, and at the same time establish our vision for Lightning as the top choice for developers and AI creators.”
About Lightning AI
Lightning AI is the corporate reimagining the way in which AI is constructed. After creating and releasing PyTorch Lightning in 2019, William Falcon launched Lightning AI to reshape the event of synthetic intelligence merchandise for business and tutorial use. Focusing on simplicity, sustainability, modularity, and extensibility, Lightning AI streamlines the lifecycle of machine studying improvement to increase widespread AI adoption. Its intention is to allow particular person and enterprise customers to construct deployment-ready AI instruments with out having to rent specialists or sink assets into in-house infrastructure.
For extra info, go to: https://www.lightning.ai/
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