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12 Aug 2026, 2:51 AM	The Register	6.0	Together AI embraces the competition with $240M IBM Cloud deal Together AI signed a $240M deal with IBM Cloud to run its OpenAI-compatible inference platform on a large cluster of Nvidia HGX B300 GPU systems, launching Q1 2027. The B300 is a conventional air-cooled 8-GPU-per-box platform, not Nvidia's top-tier rack systems, but IBM had the capacity Together AI needed. Together AI also runs services on SambaNova's Intel-collaboration platform, showing it is hardware-agnostic so long as price-performance holds. Why: If you use Together AI's inference or fine-tuning APIs, your workloads may soon run on IBM Cloud-hosted B300 GPUs—expect potential changes in latency, throughput, or regional routing when these go live in Q1 2027. For builders comparing inference providers, the real differentiator here is GPU supply availability, not just model selection or API compatibility. ai-infrastructure inference nvidia ibm-cloud together-ai

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12 Aug 2026, 2:51 AM

The Register

6.0

Together AI embraces the competition with $240M IBM Cloud deal

Together AI signed a $240M deal with IBM Cloud to run its OpenAI-compatible inference platform on a large cluster of Nvidia HGX B300 GPU systems, launching Q1 2027. The B300 is a conventional air-cooled 8-GPU-per-box platform, not Nvidia's top-tier rack systems, but IBM had the capacity Together AI needed. Together AI also runs services on SambaNova's Intel-collaboration platform, showing it is hardware-agnostic so long as price-performance holds.

Why: If you use Together AI's inference or fine-tuning APIs, your workloads may soon run on IBM Cloud-hosted B300 GPUs—expect potential changes in latency, throughput, or regional routing when these go live in Q1 2027. For builders comparing inference providers, the real differentiator here is GPU supply availability, not just model selection or API compatibility.