Cloudflare Acquires Ensemble AI Talent

Cloudflare is bolstering its AI infrastructure capabilities by acquiring the team from Ensemble AI. Ensemble AI specializes in making large AI models faster, smaller, and more cost-effective to serve without compromising quality. Their expertise includes novel approaches to model compression and efficient inference, aiming to reduce the overhead associated with large language and multimodal models. This acquisition is expected to enhance Cloudflare Workers AI, enabling developers to run powerful AI models more efficiently and affordably on Cloudflare's global network. The integration focuses on improving GPU utilization and scalable deployment, addressing a key barrier to scaling AI applications.