VP of Systems Engineering @ VAST Data. Forged in Detroit, refined in Silicon Valley. https://xitter.gq/t.co/oE02nR7NHz
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Your legacy storage is squandering your flash. VAST Data is here to help you take it back.
While the rest of the industry faces long delays waiting for flash allocation, VAST customers are 6x-ing their capacity with the drives they already own.
Today, VAST launches VAST Amplify to eliminate the "replication tax" and turn fragmented silos into a high-performance AI data plane.
3% overhead. Up to 8:1 reduction. Zero wait time. Efficiency is the new supply. Learn more by visiting: vastdata.com/usecase/ssd-sho…
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From pilot phase to full production - make your move.
Join NVIDIA and Pure Storage for a half-day deep dive on November 19, where industry practitioners will guide you through:
🔶 ✅ : Best practices for AI deployments
🔶 ✅ : Why storage infrastructure matters in AI workflows
🔶 ✅ : Live working session: pick a real-world use case, collaborate and build insights
And let’s not forget: you’ll network over happy hour with peers in an awesome venue.
Register now and accelerate your AI journey: purefla.sh/4ibGI7L
#PureStorage #StoragePlatform #EnterpriseDataCloud #AI #NVIDIA
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In today's news: VAST Data and @googlecloud have partnered to address the challenge of hybrid AI data sprawl with the first fully managed service of the VAST AI Operating System on Google Cloud. Enterprises want to run AI where it performs best but fragmented storage and costly migrations often stand in the way.
This expanded partnership makes data placement a choice rather than a constraint. The VAST AI OS leverages the VAST DataSpace to allow enterprises to seamlessly connect on-prem clusters with Google Cloud, eliminating complex migrations and instantly making data available wherever AI runs.
The result: a fully managed AI OS on Google Cloud that unifies hybrid data with intelligent streaming, removes migration drag, and keeps GPUs fed – so organizations can deploy AI faster at lower cost with consistent, compliant data close to compute resources: vastdata.com/press-releases/…
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A new Frontier AI Factory in Memphis, co-built with @togethercompute, launches in early 2026! Designed to power demanding AI workloads — featuring @nvidia GB200 NVL72 systems, @DellTech’s liquid-cooled Integrated Rack Scalable Systems, and @VAST_Data's AI storage platform.
VAughn STewart retweeted
Donald Trump doesn’t want you to see this picture.
He’s literally destroying the White House.
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One of the silent stories of this week's flurry of UK activity is the @VAST_Data involvement in these super-projects. CoreWeave, Microsoft/NScale, etc. There's a whole lot of VAST's AI Operating system headed to Great Britain!
Accelerating the UK's AI goals, @CoreWeave, @Microsoft, @nscale, @OpenAI, and @NVIDIA are building the nation's AI infrastructure by adding 120K GPUs to national data centers, making it the largest AI infrastructure rollout in the country's history.
➡️nvda.ws/3KpoSRv
“The United Kingdom is building the infrastructure for the AI industrial revolution." - Jensen Huang, NVIDIA CEO.
VAughn STewart retweeted
Back in my Cisco days, while working on an M&A deal, I was rebuffed by our counterpart. I reported to my CEO, @JohnTChambers, that we weren’t going to get this deal done.
John paused for a minute and said, “‘No’ is just the first step on a journey to ‘Yes’”.
Words to live by.
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Science isn't about knowing all the answers, it’s about asking the right questions.
VAughn STewart retweeted
I just published an updated Current State of AI Markets.
I published my last one six months ago, when the topic du jour was “ROI on AI.”
At an aggregate level, we’ve seen revenue accrue to the following categories:
1. Semiconductor Ecosystem: ~$160B
2. Data Center Infrastructure: Very roughly ~$115B (assuming half the costs of AI data centers are GPUs; according to Coreweave’s S1, 46% of their purchases went to Nvidia.)
3. Cloud Revenue: ~$25B
4. Foundation Models & AI Applications: <$10B
I think the key moment in AI markets is what happens when AI Supply meets AI Demand.
That'll tell us what the unhindered demand for AI applications is today. (The hyperscalers are hinting to that point being later in 2025).
A breakdown of revenue from AI thus far:
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Data is only as powerful as its accessibility.
The VAST Event Broker is redefining automation for AI and data-intensive environments, bringing event-driven intelligence to the forefront. With real-time event notifications, seamless API integration, and unparalleled efficiency, this innovation enables organizations to build more intelligent and automated workflows at scale.
By delivering real-time insights, the VAST Event Broker optimizes AI pipelines, reduces manual intervention, and streamlines operations. It seamlessly integrates with existing tools and frameworks, making automation easier and more effective than ever.
Discover how the VAST Event Broker unlocks smarter, more efficient data workflows: vastdata.com/blog/announcing…
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VAST Data expands into block storage and event broking - blocksandfiles.com/2025/02/1…
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Here's some interesting new @GoogleAI research for aggregating the output of multiple "self-interested" LLMs.
TIL the phrase "token auction mechanism" ... research.google/blog/mechani…
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I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong. I have approximate answers and possible beliefs and different degrees of uncertainty about different things, but I am not absolutely sure of anything and there are many things I don't know anything about, such as whether it means anything to ask why we're here. I don't have to know an answer. I don't feel frightened not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without any purpose, which is the way it really is as far as I can tell.
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Now with o3 versus Grok 3. Still a really good showing but not reasoning performance dominance. Many other variables to consider, of course. Impressive.
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The founders of the great USA were not gods, not infallible. They were intellectuals, curious. Humans and made mistakes, but created something awesome. In the end, the whole thing (in the US and everywhere) depends on the citizenry. To be engaged, debate, educate, listen.
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How does a company at the center of the world's AI data hurricane finish the year?... by setting a target of 4x growth for the coming year. @VAST_Data is entering the year with the objective of redefining the market while also being a killer of market categories.
Fortune favors the bold.
@VAST_Data
